Hi,
Can you possibly give the date and batch number? I am developing some today and will look to see if this printing has been omitted on my film as well.
It has a start arrow and some other heiroglyphics, however it goes blank when the film starts. I haven't looked at the whole paper, however another guy told me it is white all the way thru. I'll post a photo when I finish the roll.
I'm can't see any warnings on the pack.
Presumably they are sorting the ink out.
Not quite:
Thomas J. Mooney is one of the people I have had contact with: Dead Link Removed
He is Kodak Alaris' Product Line business manager.
That's interesting information, not previously revealed if I'm not mistaken. That's the kind of source I would consider credible in this kind of discussion... and a much more likely way of getting to the engineers than www.kodak.com or 1-800-KOD-AKFILM.
I expect it is a temporary response. Most likely they will be forced to switch over to the same sort of numbering as Ilford uses (with the associated greater difficulty of reading those numbers through red windows).
Apologies guys, I checked the paper again and there *are* marks there. They are just much fainter and there are less of them. They're hard to see in the faint red light I was looking under.
My dud batch was expiry 2/2017
This new batch is 3/2018
I was noticing the same thing but haven't finished doing my homework. The standard shows a total of 7 tracks of numbers, but does not indicate which track serves which format... or at least I haven't spent enough time reading it to find that information.I note that there are fewer numbers - where the old paper had stacks of 3 of each, the newer paper has a single number.
I wonder how many people will be inconvenienced by that.
It will probably make it harder to re-purpose 120 for other sizes like 616, etc.
Brian,I'm just hoping that my red-window camera does not use the numbering track that was omitted!
I use a Kodak Duo645. But also in the process of adapting Kodak B-3 from 122 to 120.Brian,
What camera?
I find it hard to believe Kodak would do away with it's own vertical number alignment meant for their older cameras. That means your Kodak duo645(Kodak Duo Six-20) should be fine. I would think the Kodak No.3A(B-3) should be fine also, but figuring frame length might be a little harder. I'm just worried about the visibility of the numbers in dim light. Probably going to have to start pocketing a penlight just to advance the film when light fades.I use a Kodak Duo645. But also in the process of adapting Kodak B-3 from 122 to 120.
Ken,Perhaps better to pre-count the required winding knob turns, rather than shining a light into a red window?
Ken
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