Filmshooting

Actually, I think the minimum order was TEN thousand feet (as of 2003) to get DR8. And Kodak certainly isn't easy to deal with, even if you have this minimum order and the money for it up front.

It was like pulling teeth to find the right person and get a CAT NUMBER (how Kodak must do every sale ...

I'm trying to see if Kodak is willing to do this, and just wanted to know if there is any interest out there (I've been out of the loop here for five or six months) especially in Europe, or if you've all learned to like E64T. I know initially a lot of people were complaining about it. K64 would ...

B&H Photo in NYC is run by Orthodox Jews. I'd like to be able to order from their site on Saturday, but it is closed. They are not fanatics either, and they are not imposing their religion on me, simply asking to be allowed to observe their faith in peace. If I expect freedom, I have to be ...

According to my friend Lou Flemming, who used to process VNF for an auto crash-tester a year or two ago, there's about 1 ounce of (recoverable at least) silver per 400 feet of 16mm, so extrapolate from that. There'd probably be about 1/2 oz. silver in 100 feet of still film, using those numbers ...

I'd be happy to donate $100, a double membership, to you in the coming week or two. I think it is important that we be able to produce K40A in the future here in the States and Canada because D'Waynes is going to continue to offer processing of the stuff and I feel that it is important that ...

Where are you located? Shit forget it. If you're anywhere in the US, or Europe, I'll put in a $1000 stake in this machine. I am dead serious. You get Kodak to sell you a K-Lab, that's what my starting stake is. If you need more, I'll see what I can do. Kodachrome is the ORIGINAL color film, and I ...

My whole problem with this issue is that it appears that Kodak made the decision to discontinue K40A in S8 solely based on their decision to demolish the Swiss lab and make some money by selling the land, which is now located in a high-demand area. I talked with Grant, head of D'Waynes a few days ...

Do they "sprechen zie Anglisch?" I only know the German I've picked up from WWII movies, sorry to say. I know Russian and a bit of Polish, Latin, and Spanish, but not German. DER-DEN-DEM-DER is about the only conjugation I remember, and since it's just the Deutch equivalent of "THE" that's not much ...

Sunrise, with the demise of K40A, I am looking into getting large quantities of Casseta (how the cyrillic is pronounced) carts and I am wondering if you could get me a bulk discount for buying multiple units. Maybe I'll start out with 50 and work my way up. I'm going to respool them with K40A, have ...

I think it's really great you're trying to get the EXR50D made for S8. For professional applications, a 50-speed negative film for S8 would hit the spot. I'd also really like to see the K40A for the Supermag, as that stock is my staple for home movies and I wouldn't replace it for anything. Or is ...

At least stateside, as long as Kodachrome is being processed in some form, D'Waynes has said that they will continue to process the S8 version. Doesn't the Switzerland Kodachrome processing plant also do 16mm?

~Karl

John, it's nice to see you back on this forum again, but I have to say that I question your motives, and your company's. Basically, your company has decided that S8 isn't worth it on its own anymore, so you're rebranding a stock that isn't even designed for motion picture photography, that is ...

I agree that Kodachrome is outdated, but that's the fault of Kodak. I wish it could have finer grain, and more speed, but we're stuck with it. E64T is 2x the graininess having an RMS of 11 to Kodachrome's 9. If they came out with Ektachrome 50, especially designed for S8 and 16mm with an RMS of 7 ...

Splee, are you aware that John Schwind now has K40A in DR8? I'd be happy to illegally export some for you, calling it test film or something to get it across the border. Kodachrome is around in DR8, which is why I'm so confused at Kodachrome's discontinuation in S8 now, it's like a total paradigm ...

Mohican, I am among your ranks. I helped John Schwind get in touch with the proper channels in Kodak last year. I don't even shoot that much S8, but I feel as devastated by the loss of Kodahrome in S8 as I was by the loss of K25 in DR8. Also, I am worried that Kodak is going to next get rid of K40A ...