From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 09/27/02-08:51:52 AM Z
You may want to check out the following URL for more info:
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/blackWhiteIndex.jhtml
This has actually been talked about quite a bit on the pure silver list.
Kodak has changed a bunch of their films and they
say "We're making a long-term commitment to black-and-white film with a move
to Kodak's most technically advanced film manufacturing facility. This
investment is solid proof of Kodak's long-term commitment to production and
high-quality standards of traditional black-and-white photography."
More questions answered there on the website:
"What advantages will photographers find with the new films (with regard to
dirt, scratching, spots, grain, sharpness, contrast)?
We've made physical improvements to the new films-less static creation
and less susceptible to dust. Grain, sharpness, and contrast are similar to
the current films.
What's new or different with these films versus the current films?
Our new black-and-white films are now being produced in a
state-of-the-art facility that uses the most modern emulsion manufacturing
and coating processes. The new films maintain the familiar, fundamental
characteristics of our current films while improving the physical
characteristics of the negative. The film negative is now cleaner and much
less susceptible to attracting dust. The only difference labs and
photographers are likely to encounter is a slight adjustment in development
times.
Why the packaging and the name change?
To make it easier for customers to identify the old and new films. This new
packaging adopts the latest naming conventions of Kodak Professional color
negative and chrome films, listing the film's speed followed by a
description (e.g., 100TMX film)"
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Eastman" <clearemulsions@yahoo.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: demise of tri-x 8x10?
> Hi Shannon,
>
> Well, I am not up on the latest but a few months ago I
> was in Tokyo looking for T-Max 400... I found
> information that some of Kodak's films were
> changing... the boxes had changed and the developing
> time "suggestions" were, for some EI's and some films,
> diferent.
>
> Naturally,
>
> There was no detailed explanation of why such changes
> were occuring...(none art all, infact.) I can't
> imagine why this info was hear and not elsewhere, I
> expected to hear something about it on this list but
> didn't... Perhaps we are talking about the same
> changes... if anyone knows of why the changes are
> being made, I would love to hear about it!
>
> About the data sheet, they often carry a date of
> several years earlier along with a revsion date
> (REV.)If yours is dated Sept. 18 2002, it probably
> reflects some recent change. Was the package green?
> The new films I saw in Japan were in (ugly) 1/2 green
> boxes... This could have been world wide, or just to
> confuse the Japanese as Fuji boxes are green. You
> never know what these guys are up to!
>
> Naturally!!!
>
> Ray
>
> >
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