Lauffray
Invisible Cities
Pete B
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YouAreHere
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Sparrow
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... I don't subscribe, so no
YouAreHere
Established
That WSJ link is not a subscriber site.
Kodak released an official statement yesterday -
http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Kodak...m_Agreements_with_Major_Hollywood_Studios.htm
Go to www.kodak.com, click on the About Kodak tab, then News and Media. All official newsreleases are there. Cut through the noise, go straight to the source.
HHPhoto
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They can and they are doing it, some already for years:
1. InovisCoat in Germany www.inoviscoat.de .
Former Agfa (Leverkusen) engineers. They built a complete new, modern factory for photo film and paper (using the coating machines from the Agfa Leverkusen plant) in 2008/09.
They are producing color and BW film and paper for several other European companies.
2. Adox in Germany www.adox.de . Small, very flexible plant, also partly using former machines from Agfa.
3. Impossible Project with their plant in Enschede, Netherlands.
4. Film Ferrania starting film production this year with a new, right-scaled film production.
5. Ilford and Foma: Both have re-structured and downscaled their production, invested in new machines.
6. New 55film is working on LF instant film: http://new55project.blogspot.de/
All that is kind of "old news", discussed here in the last years again and again. But lots of members are permanently ignoring these developments.
Especially those who are always posting that there will not be a film revival
.Cheers, Jan
Sparrow
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For goodness sake NO! ... from here the WSJ is on a pay-wall, and I haven't trusted anything 'Kodak' have said for years
Nokton48
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BlackXList
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Good news, sadly they've recently axed the only B/W film I use and to be honest, I'm still sulking about it. (I realise this isn't entirely logical, but nothing creative is).
I've taken digital steps for that side of my work, which happens to work for colour too.
The upshot has been that although I have a bunch of film, and film cameras, I've shot only a couple of frames so far this year.
I do want to continue using film, I just need to make friends with it again.
I've taken digital steps for that side of my work, which happens to work for colour too.
The upshot has been that although I have a bunch of film, and film cameras, I've shot only a couple of frames so far this year.
I do want to continue using film, I just need to make friends with it again.
traveler_101
American abroad
They can and they are doing it, some already for years:
1. InovisCoat in Germany www.inoviscoat.de .
Former Agfa (Leverkusen) engineers. They built a complete new, modern factory for photo film and paper (using the coating machines from the Agfa Leverkusen plant) in 2008/09.
They are producing color and BW film and paper for several other European companies.
2. Adox in Germany www.adox.de . Small, very flexible plant, also partly using former machines from Agfa.
3. Impossible Project with their plant in Enschede, Netherlands.
4. Film Ferrania starting film production this year with a new, right-scaled film production.
5. Ilford and Foma: Both have re-structured and downscaled their production, invested in new machines.
6. New 55film is working on LF instant film: http://new55project.blogspot.de/
All that is kind of "old news", discussed here in the last years again and again. But lots of members are permanently ignoring these developments.
Especially those who are always posting that there will not be a film revival
Cheers, Jan
Thanks for the summary--some of which I had missed. I suppose the point is that these developments combined with the news about Kodak shows that the period of contraction is over. The digitalisation has occurred, but film has found its niche markets--which are surprisingly vigorous. In response companies have recycled existing facilities and machines, but also invested fresh capital. Looks like film will be with us for some time.