I'm pretty sure kodak still has a few film lines running still. TX400 is one.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:06 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if there's any hope of Plus-X or the like ever making a comeback? > > I seem to remember that when Kodak was shutting down their B&W film line > there was a news item to the effect that some company in China had > bought all of the production machinery. > > Which just spawned another thought - someone appears to be still > manufacturing Kodak T-Max, but who is it? > > > On 7/21/2013 9:05 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> Been doing that a lot lately too; I have something like 10 canisters >> only so I don't load everything up and the rest sits inside the loader >> on my bookshelf. I have an extra 100' in the freezer though. >> >> Fuji just gave a press release that Neopan 400 is being phased out, >> but here is a not so well known alternative film: >> >> http://www.adorama.com/KE400100.html >> >> Its brought to you by the same guys who gave us Ilford. How & why its >> cheaper is beyond me, but its quality almost the same as Ilford HP5+ >> (a bit grainier; I have yet to compare the Kentmere 100 with FP4). It >> takes longer to process it with the same chemistry; so far we have >> tried it with Ilford's ID-11 and homebrewed (pa)Rodinal. >> >> Bong >> >> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I've been shooting a bit of 35mm B&W these days and finally broke down >>> and >>> bought a daylight loader for bulk rolls and some reloadable canisters. >>> I'm >>> sure someone here has done or does do the bulk film loading thing... >>> Question that I'm wondering about - is there any problem with just >>> putting >>> the 100 foot roll into the loader and then filling canisters as needed, >>> or >>> is there a reason why you should load up the whole bulk roll in one >>> session? >>> Although I do shoot a fair amount of film it would take a month or two to >>> use up the approximately 20 rolls I'd get out of a 100 foot roll.. Is it >>> OK >>> to just load up a few canisters as needed, which means the bulk roll >>> would >>> be stored in the loader, or should I load it all up at once? >>> >>> TIA - >>> >>> Mark >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
