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But we all know that’s where companies often spend the least amount of money.
LOL aren't we all ?!Lol but what do I know, after 30 years of darkroom experience I’m still ignorant and inept.
As Matt King stated above, the backing paper left artifacts on the film and led to very strange effects during development - not just frame numbers. Some can be corrected in Photoshop, but when you have mottling on the entire frame it becomes a real chore. Just forget about printing the negatives in the darkroom.
At least it'd be film, of a sort. Unlike Bell and Howell humidifiers and pest repellers or Polaroid sneakers.Yes, won't that be the day. Kodak reselling Foma film as Kodak just like Freestyle sells it as Arista.
I know. And I’m sorry. I also was impacted but quickly switched to 35/4x5 and will get back to 120 with cautious puppy steps. Starting with some Panatomic-X in my freezer I know is not affected. Guaranteed success first, then an experiment with the new, watching for batch numbers people say are good.
I hope they go under.
If only ...A forum called "News" should contain news and not just speculation.
Sure test. I've worked in analytical labs, sales guys would take samples in the field. First 10 times they get an answer they didn't like, 11th try they get a "good" result. So they ignore the first 10 and go with the 11th..That’s fine for big production companies with unlimited budgets but not so practical for us independant artists. The problem didn’t happen on every single roll, previous rolls from the same production were fine so I had no reason to think the others might be defective. There’s only so much reasonable testing one can do and at some point we have to trust the manufacturer to deliver a well tested product. But we all know that’s where companies often spend the least amount of money.
Lol but what do I know, after 30 years of darkroom experience I’m still ignorant and inept.
My vision of a rejuvenated Kodak includes the following:
1. Sell off non-photography aspects of business in order to raise cash and focus on primary purpose of company
a very important "no frills" B&W film that caters to budget and DIY people and is less expensive than anything else on the market
I've seen plenty of splotches & streaks on many different manufacturers films of all sorts & almost always they were process related. Usually from the final rinse & often wrapped up in excuses that tried to blame the manufacturer. Humidity/ dampness and wrapper offset have been a 120 headache pretty much from the start, as have people not realising the care that needs to be taken in preventing condensation forming when taking films from fridge or freezer. Intermittent faults (which the 120 backing paper issue was) can be immensely difficult to trace.
My mistake. I misread the article. Kodak's foundation for Building 38 goes 100 feet underground. And it's connected by a conveyer to building 30.What "stuff?" Film? Underground? Did yesterday's Alaska earthquake have such widespread effects that there was liquifaction in Rochester and Bldg. 38 sunk to subterranean level?
This thread is for speculation of what could happen in the next year and the business of kodak going forward.
Kodak managed to reintroduce two new films in 2018. But their financial situation is quite poor.
It is public information that Kodak needs a huge sum of cash in January 2019 for stock buyback. They do not have this money or any means of getting it.
Will Kodak enter bankruptcy protection in 2019. How will it be restructured and how will this affect film production and prices? Should we be stocking up on Kodak film in the next 12 months?
That's certainly a fine reason to wish all those innocent employees who had nothing whatsoever to do with your problem to lose their livelihoods. Charming.Defective TMax 100 roll film. One month of shooting in Nepal. Another photographing an abandoned ship that has since been destroyed.
Lost images for ever.
F Kodak.
I don't understand the stock buyback situation and I'm not interested enough to read up on it. Whatever their financial woes are I hope they pull through. I like and use film from many manufacturers but if I had to marry one it would be an easy decision - Kodak.This thread is for speculation of what could happen in the next year and the business of kodak going forward.
Kodak managed to reintroduce two new films in 2018. But their financial situation is quite poor.
It is public information that Kodak needs a huge sum of cash in January 2019 for stock buyback. They do not have this money or any means of getting it.
Will Kodak enter bankruptcy protection in 2019. How will it be restructured and how will this affect film production and prices? Should we be stocking up on Kodak film in the next 12 months?
I've seen plenty of splotches & streaks on many different manufacturers films of all sorts & almost always they were process related. Usually from the final rinse & often wrapped up in excuses that tried to blame the manufacturer. Humidity/ dampness and wrapper offset have been a 120 headache pretty much from the start, as have people not realising the care that needs to be taken in preventing condensation forming when taking films from fridge or freezer. Intermittent faults (which the 120 backing paper issue was) can be immensely difficult to trace.
I hope they go under.
Yeah but not in this case.
The most apparent defects were the watermarks, but it was way worst than that. The film was covered in blotches and streaks and unprintable with an enlarger.
“Oh well” doesn’t cut it.
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