My two pro packs are 0154 001, expiration date 09/2018
So they are more recent, and therefore have the very newest, revised backing paper.
Thank you! I've been shooting some Yashica and Rolleiflex TLRs for the past year and am quite happy to be back into film. I hadn't done any analog developing since the 1980s when I was in college. Happy to be on APUG!
Mike
The new printing looks very similar to Ilford's, so it should be usable,just, in red windows, with the greatest of care, in all fairness to Kodak Alaris they seem to be doing everything in their power to sort this mess out, so I just might give their films another goThe backing paper on 0154 001 expr. 09/2018 has no black borders at all (Bottom) The 0148 004 expr. 06/2016 is at the top. No issues with either roll. The 2016 roll has been in a fridge last year and a half. I get all my film from B&H usually order in the winter. Can't help but think that heat is a big part of the issue. Looks like Kodak really reduced the ink level on the new stuff. I think they still have some serious talent, probably an over zealous Purchasing decision (say's an Engineer
would now be "sure, why not." Thanks in advance.
Bravo and well-said. Ilford for me. Why doesn't Kodak come forward and say what the problem was and what they did to fix it? Kodak was once one of the Dow Jones Industrials! Their once-praised quality control has stumbled and died.
I do have to admit I bought some Xtol developer recently. Oh, and I love that developer. It seems it works very well with the Ilford Delta 100, HP5+, FP4+, PanF+. How do I know? Cause there ain't no damn numbers showing up on my negatives. I do agree with you that as a service to all Kodak consumers and possible consumers they(Kodak) should report on the problem as to whether it's fixed or not and what they(Kodak) discovered to be the problem to begin with. I've lost confidence in a company that can't communicate with the very people that are trying to keep it afloat. Ilford is actually working out extremely well for me at the present and I really thought I might not like it as much as Kodak. Unfortunately for Kodak Alaris other folks might be finding out the same thing?????
Sorry Stone, I'm not buying the delivery truck story. I guess that truck delivered all over the USA and then drove across either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean to make it's delivery in China???? I still say it's a ink/paper problem that might be induced by heat. We've had heat problems ever since the Sun was invented.
Yes Sirius, I remember that and Simon's diligent work. That problem, whatever it was for sure, seemed to taken care of very fast. Kodak did a real shltty job of beating around the bush on reporting progress or even what the real cause was and as far as I know they really still haven't. Yes, they said heat was the cause and it's the reason I get a little PO'd when I here that excuse. I say "heat" and what else? Most folks know it's not just heat and humidity that's doing it. It's those two things and some "bean counter" trying to save money that's probably the other half of the problem. Maybe the whole problem? As far as confidence goes? I'm sorry, but right now I have more with Ilford. Hmm, I don't remember seeing some silly picture of a Ilford/Harman truck parked in the sun anywhere? Now, I will admit that I sure do miss Simon, but that's the way it goes in the big corporate world I guess.
Mr. Glass, you overlook this important distinction (posted above on March 31, 2016):
Whither went Simon?
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