Okay, when did this happen?

[Timmyjoe]

So I pealed open a box of Tri-X to load into my Nikon S2 for a little family Thanksgiving snapping, and what did I see, Chrome Caps On A Roll Of TRI-X?



I've been shooting Tri-X since 1976 and never remember seeing chrome caps on the rolls. Is this something new?

Best,
-Tim

 

[ellisson]

Maybe Kodak stopped painting the underlying canisters. Just rolling up the unpainted ones with their Tri-X labels. Cost cutting? Alternatively, their source of the canisters changed.

 

[santino]

It looks very old school to me. Haven‘t seen TriX like this before (my fav film btw).

 

[Slumgullion]

What is the expiry on the film? This happened for all Kodak film in '21:

Kodak's 35mm Canisters Now Have Silver Caps Due to Metal Shortages

Kodak film is about to look different.

petapixel.com

It's been a second since I purchased a new roll of Kodak film, but I think it's back to black caps now (don't quote me).

 

[TenEleven]

Ah beaten by Slumgullion, yeah this was a thing in '22 or '21 - almost certainly trying to cut costs and then they rolled it back later on.
So I assume this roll is old(er) stock?

To add a little bit more - they're now also re-doing the design of the cardboard boxes.
I now have T-Max and Portra 400 in new box designs. Only 135 though, so far my 120 boxes are still the old design.