John Lawrence
Well-known
Very good news.
John
John
Michalm
Well-known
Excellent we will soon see Nikon manufacturing Fm3a again.
newsgrunt
Well-known
If they bring back the brass looking capped cassettes that were a dream for bulk loading, that's a good thing.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
I'm a little confused. What is a 35 mm cassette? Are we talking about something similar to the old Kodak Snap-Caps? Reload-able film cartridges?
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
Sid836
Well-known
That's what I love with Ilford. It invests on film, and makes profit out of it. Kodak had lost its way when it had started investing more on plain profit and that has been its doom.
iuseruby
Member
I don't think that it's about the re-loadable cassettes. Looks like that they're using the third party supplier for the film cassettes and now they're going to invest to the own production.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Tim,
It's the thing the film comes in, the cassette or cartridge. Until recently they had been buying them in.
Cheers,
R.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Excellent news!!
I wish we have a group of dedicated investors like Harman here in the US to save Kodak film from ... well, Kodak.
I wish we have a group of dedicated investors like Harman here in the US to save Kodak film from ... well, Kodak.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
I loved those things.
jschrader
Well-known
for self-loading?
for self-loading?
to me that sounds like they want to be independent from external suppliers for the 35 mm films they make. Which is good of course.
But, how do you get them for loading your own (30.5 m) bulk films?
for self-loading?
to me that sounds like they want to be independent from external suppliers for the 35 mm films they make. Which is good of course.
But, how do you get them for loading your own (30.5 m) bulk films?
maggieo
More Deadly
They were half the reason I switched to HP5 and ditched Tri-X back in the 80's. That, and I genuinely liked HP5's tonality better. It made my work stand out a bit from everyone else in art school, who all used Tri-X.
zuiko85
Veteran
Would love to see quality cassettes for bulk loading. Ilford sells 100 ft. bulk film it would be nice if they also had empty cassettes for film that could be reloaded many times. As long as you take care to keep the felts clean.
newsgrunt
Well-known
somewhere in the cave I have a 500 sheet 8x10 paper box full of them
but I'm shooting Arista Premium so haven't bulked in some time.Maybe when they bring back Agfa APX 100 lol
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Plus one except I started art school in the 70's. I'd bulk load again if the cassettes are the same style. So easy to open. Squeeze and a thumbnail is all that is required.
Cal
mike rosenlof
Insufficient information
Quoting from the press release web page:
"HARMAN Managing Director, Peter Elton says, “This is just another example of our ongoing commitment to traditional monochrome photography."
And the photo of Mr. Elton is in color! (and a 2704x4064 jpg reduced to a small headshot on the page, probably displayed at about 270x406 pixels) Grrrr.
OK, I'm being a bit snarky. I'm a happy customer of Harman/Ilford products, Mostly in larger formats, but any corporate investment in film product makes me smile.
"HARMAN Managing Director, Peter Elton says, “This is just another example of our ongoing commitment to traditional monochrome photography."
And the photo of Mr. Elton is in color! (and a 2704x4064 jpg reduced to a small headshot on the page, probably displayed at about 270x406 pixels) Grrrr.
OK, I'm being a bit snarky. I'm a happy customer of Harman/Ilford products, Mostly in larger formats, but any corporate investment in film product makes me smile.
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
You just accumulate them over time by saving them instead of throwing them away.
Cal
Nokton48
Veteran
Nice! I'd buy some of their prepackaged film to get some of those.
They always made the best film cartridges in my opinion. Hope these are like the old ones.
They always made the best film cartridges in my opinion. Hope these are like the old ones.