New films shown at ICIS by Fuji and Kodak

[agGNOME]

Thank You. Sounds like a bit of an uphill battle, it will be interesting to see what happens.

[gr82bart]

Talk about full circle! I came across this thread since it was a link - of all places - DP Review! The posts are quite civil there when it comes to film, lately. This is a good sign for a resurgence, I think, in film use. The title caption there was much more dramatic - "NEW [color=black]ISO 24000 B+W film[/color]" It just grabbed my attention better, I guess! Oh well, I sent my form in. Thanks for the first post.

Regards, Art.

[LukeRamirez]

I can see this film having a market (albeit, probably small) with some journalists, students, and many fine artists. I know I'd love to be able to shoot handheld shots at night, and get grain equivalent to most 400 speed films.

[Fintan]

Originally Posted by Photo Engineer

We used a heated archlike metal plate called a 'shoe' which had a thermometer inserted into it to read temperature, and it was heated by coils. The film was processed by moving the base side slowly over the shoe so that total contact time from start to finish equalled the development time required.

This could be done manually for sheets of film or paper, or automatically with a moving web of film, using rollers to move it across the shoe.

I don't suggest that anyone do this in total darkness and that is why I suspect that Kodak will process the first batch (if any) themselves to provide quality and safety.

PE

Would this be a totally dry process or would just the development be done on the hotplate, fixing etc in the normal manner?

[varjag]

I am interested in a film like this, ending up too often wishing for more speed with documentary work; going to send in my form today.

[alien]

I just sent my form.

Ansgar

[Photo Engineer]

Originally Posted by Fintan

Would this be a totally dry process or would just the development be done on the hotplate, fixing etc in the normal manner?

This process is completely dry. The development and stabilization both take place at the same time when the film is heated.

There is no liquid involved and no extra step(s).

PE

[canuhead]

so it may very well be possible to process this film in a toaster oven ? that would be very cool. kinda far fetched I know but whoda thunk up 24000 film ?

[HerrBremerhaven]

Originally Posted by Photo Engineer

This process is completely dry. The development and stabilization both take place at the same time when the film is heated.

There is no liquid involved and no extra step(s).

PE

Good afternoon PE,

Sounds like the perfect remote location travel film, expect for what the airlines could do to this stuff. Some sort of home processor would be interesting. I recall the not well conceived Polaroid home processor and 35mm films, though the size of the processor was convenient.

A technical question about this film, since it is roll film. There are some backs, and some cameras, that use a red window to show the number on the paper backing for advancing the film; could this film be used with such backs/cameras? Would the red window film counter method cause problems? Any other oddities, like needing to load in complete darkness?

Thanks!

Ciao!

Gordon

[Fintan]

Originally Posted by Photo Engineer

This process is completely dry. The development and stabilization both take place at the same time when the film is heated.

There is no liquid involved and no extra step(s).

PE

Thats extremely interesting. I hope this trial is successful. Thanks for the info.