if kodak dies

[Roger Hicks]

Hey! NO good news is allowed! Especially about Kodak, Ilford, Leica...

Cheers,

R.

 

[jan normandale]

As far as my own modest aesthetic requirements are concerned, I think I can live without Tri-X with no problem... This sample picture is a digital conversion, it might not hold up to pixel peeping but to me it looks Tri-x'ish enough. The method of conversion takes less than five minutes... And I can apply the same conversion preset to other RAW files which gives me consistent look... And this is a RAW from a two year old p&s...

Toronto's Chinatown...

 

[Lilserenity]

It seems that way but to be honest the digital negative (raw) and multiple software options to make it look how you want are out there ... choose not to use them and you probably won't be a photographer in the future.

I'm not saying that this is the scenario that I would prefer personally ... I'm just aknowledging it.

This is something I absolutely agree with, it's something I have come to accept over the past few months. I'm still going to go ahead and buy myself an F80 and hopefully if the book goes alright, a 50 and 28mm prime. That's an investment that should/when the day comes to looking at getting a D700 I have built something I can transition to.

We'll see what happens, in the meantime, I got some pictures to take 🙂

Vicky

 

[FrankS]

Gentlemen, let's cease and desist from making personal comments/attacks. While I do not agree with the sentiments of some of the posts in this thread, everyone has a right to express an opinion.

 

[f16sunshine]

The saddest part in I have only had my darkroom going a few weeks and also just learned, learning to use contrast filters and no plan to try dodging and burning. I have only just begun to appreciate Trix...

Great to hear you are enjoying wet printing. I would not be too sad just yet. IF Kodak dies most likely it's best assets will be sold and continue on. The idea that Kodak dies and everything disappears is unlikely. I think we will safely have some of legendary BW immersions for some time to come. Last Friday I bought a few dozen rolls of Tmax400 120 to show my support and to load up for the winter. Not because I was worried it would be gone anytime soon. Buy some film/developer/paper. My 2c 😛

 

[HHPhoto]

Just for the record, Tasma nowadays produces mainly technical films for non-photographic imaging applications. Their only photographic products are a few B/W movie films that are pretty much on the way out, and unperforated aerial photography films. The main customer for the movie stock seems to be the Russian railway company, who still uses them in automated defect monitoring for railroad tracks. The bulk of the remaining production are special-purpose films for medical (X-ray) and technical inspection applications. They don't seem to make any film that you could put into a camera directly without at least repackaging, possibly perforating it.

So while they do make film products, for a photographer there isn't really much in it.

Yes and no, afaik the BW sheet films Spürsinn in Germany is offering are made by Tasma.

Cheers, Jan

 

[HHPhoto]

I believe the lomography films are made by Ferrania. I heard that the Agfa films were too, but there seems to be confusion on this point.

I'd quite forgotten about Ektar and Reala though.

The situation with Ferrania and Lomography is

- Lomo get their color negative films from Ferrania

- Ferrania stopped coating in 2009, but they still do cutting and spooling of film; now they get their color negative films from Kodak (master rolls)

- the Lomo X-Pro 100 slide film is from Kodak as well

- the Lomo X-Pro 200 slide film is from Agfa-Gevaert

- the Lomo earl grey and lady grey BW films are from Foma afaik

- the Lomo X-Pro Tungsten is from Fuji

Cheers, Jan

 

[rxmd]

Yes and no, afaik the BW sheet films Spürsinn in Germany is offering are made by Tasma.

Never tried them. Could be, even though Tasma doesn't make ISO 50 or 25 films, I think. But then we don't know when Spürsinn had their batch made. Or maybe they're creative with their ISO ratings.

 

[Uncle Bill]

I'm not worried, Kodak will probably enter Chapter 11, sell a few divisions off, get a new senior management team. Worst case someone will pick up the film division and rights to the Kodak name. The big question is, who picks up the sensor business?

 

[RObert Budding]

I'm not worried, Kodak will probably enter Chapter 11, sell a few divisions off, get a new senior management team. Worst case someone will pick up the film division and rights to the Kodak name. The big question is, who picks up the sensor business?

Exactly right!

 

[wgerrard]

I don't think Kodak will ever be completely gone.

Said the Brontosaurus to the Tyrannosaurus.

Kodak seems an obvious candidate to be bought by someone who then sells off the pieces. I'd bet that in 5 years Kodak film is reduced to a few color boutique brands at 2-3 times current prices. No b&w.

 

[bfffer]

Let me post a shot with tri-x