Yeah, new 127 format film from Rollei-Film!!!

Sounds like my Baby Rolleiflex will be gainfully employed again..
 
My first camera (I was 9 years old) was a Satellite 127, & it started me on this hobby (as I'm sure it did for many other baby-boomers).... so I'm happy to see that the 127 format will be making a comeback!
 
What is " a few months"?

I really wish these corp. types would just keep their trap shut untill one week after a new or reintroduced product is actually on the shelf, ready to be sold to the customer.

....."a few months" is meaningless sales talk. If your company absolutly has to make an announcement then say;

"On September 10th, 2014 the new 127 film will be on dealer shelves in sufficent amount to fill orders at least tthrough November 10th 2014"

and

"If the first batch sells out by that time we will increase production to supply demand."

This would be a clear and understandable statement and would require an honest dealer.
 
Just last year, we got some 126 processed (ah, the wonders of the internet!) producing (dark, grainy) images from the 1970s! Of course, it's possible that the images would have been dark and grainy anyway from an Instamatic, even if they hadn't been carried around since my partner was a wee bairn.
 
Hi Chris,

ChrisPlatt said:
A decade ago I had a couple of 127 film cameras. I love the little square negative.
Efke still offered 127 black and white film. Then Maco introduced a new 127 E6 color slide film.
But both were gone within a couple years. No doubt the demand was just not there.
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that is wrong.
1. Maco offered several 127 films: BW, colour negative, colour reversal.
The demand has been there. The reason why they had to stop was only that Fotokemika (Efke) shut down their plant.
Fotokemika did the finishing / confectioning of the 127 films for Maco.
2. Now a new 127 confectioning line is running at one of the European film manufacturers. They are doing it now for Maco.
And that is the reason why Maco can now offer 127 film again.

ChrisPlatt said:
Sure, plenty of 127 film cameras were made, but none since the mid-1960's. Few are still in use today.
If this new film ever sees the light of day suggest you stock up immediately. I doubt it will last.
Chris
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More than 100,000 working 127 cameras are still in the market. Enough that it makes sense for Maco to offer 127 film again.
And don't forget:
They have now not only their own "old" market, but also the market of Efkes 127 ISO 100 film, which has been produced until the shut down of the Fotokemika factory.
So the market for them is now even bigger.

Cheers, Jan
 
Thank you Jan. Please keep us posted. 127 is a very cool film format, and the cameras that use it are a rare treat.
 
I'll definitely be buying some of this for my Yashica 44LM and 44a. Sweet little cameras, running 35mm through them just doesn't do them justice and I only have a few rolls of Efke left.
 
I've just received the following message via email from the chap at the bottom of the page. I'll let people pick the bones out of it.

Adrian


127 film update

Thank you for your interest in 127 film. You asked to be kept up to date on the availability of 127 film. Here is the latest information:

Last week our colleagues in Germany informed me that 127 film is likely to return in the first half of 2014, in both E6 and B/W varieties. A colour negative film is to follow later.

Decisions are still being made on the actual method of final production which, as I understand it, they are trying to achieve in house on original 127 machinery, rather than use an external factory. but there are several options for final production.

In an email last week, the following was stated:

"we have all the materials incl. films/spool/backing paper/packing/stickers/etc. which are needed for a production run." and "Currently I cannot fix a date of publication, hence we have posted first halt of 2014"

Hopefully this is of interest to all you guys subscribed to my 127 update list. If you need to know more, please feel free to contact me, but I will update via this list.

Kind Regards,


Mike


Retro Photo Supplies
www.retrophotosupplies.com
 
Thanks for the heads up on 110 B&W film. I had no idea that was made these days. Lord only knows how I would develop it, but where there's a will there's a way. I used to have one of those $3 fixed focus key chain 110 cameras many years ago, when you could still get Kodak 110 B&W film for it. I was in S.F. and had one of those cut rate photo stores on Market St. develop it and make prints for me (you know, the stores that had "Going Out Of Business" in their windows for 10 years). The prints were gorgeous. Deep blacks, nice whites, and pleasantly sharp. Who knew?
 
If E6 transparency film is coming back, as mentioned above, then certainly 2x2 slide mounts for "Super Slides" must be coming back also. I've shot my share of slides with a Baby Rollei, but I started out shooting 16 exposure rolls of 620. The width was correct, and all you had to do was crop off the top and bottom to get a square transparency. Sad end to this story is my Rollei was in a repair shop when it closed, and I never got it back.
 
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