Kodachrome25
14-Aug-2013, 13:07
So this got a little weird yesterday....
This LF shooter (http://www.chriswalkerphoto.com/) has a project in which he is preferring to use Kodak Tmax 400 in 8x10 format. To preface this, as many of you know, Keith at K. B. Canham provides the service of special ordering TMX, TMY and TXP in 8x10 format, a practice that has essentially been in place since 2010 for the format according to B&H's Henry Posner. And speaking of good ol' B&H, they have 139 boxes of TMY-8x10 in stock, just incase you were going to run to your freezer and count your personal stash.
It was brought to my attention via a link on APUG that this gentleman has described his lack of faith of Kodak cutting another batch of TMY in 8x10 using rather provocative headlines on his project page like:
"Rural Transitions: A Photographer shoots the Last sheets of Kodak film ever made".
With a sub-head that read:
"Photographer Chris Walker has a share of the last 8x10 B&W film Kodak ever made."
Pretty bold statements, eh, especially as key info for those who would be deciding or not to donate to the cause. He has since ommited that info and brought forth an explanation (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rural-transitions), but the archived version still reads on the K.B. Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/K-B-Canham-Cameras-Inc/131324393576850) page.
So I only use TMY in the formats I shoot, 35mm, 120 and 4x5 so I have no facts as to how it is doing, who will put in another order or what. But I suspect there are several on here that do use TMY in 8x10 and want to continue to do so.
I would be interested to hear about other 8x10 shooter's plans for 8x10 TMY and if they have heard that there might not be another batch of it according to what Mr. Walker has to say about it as of late. No offense to the guy and I wish him luck on what looks to be a great project, but several people were not happy at all with his choice of marketing angles including Kodak, Keith Canham and a number of loyal TMY users.
Any word on TMY in 8x10 in going forward?
This LF shooter (http://www.chriswalkerphoto.com/) has a project in which he is preferring to use Kodak Tmax 400 in 8x10 format. To preface this, as many of you know, Keith at K. B. Canham provides the service of special ordering TMX, TMY and TXP in 8x10 format, a practice that has essentially been in place since 2010 for the format according to B&H's Henry Posner. And speaking of good ol' B&H, they have 139 boxes of TMY-8x10 in stock, just incase you were going to run to your freezer and count your personal stash.
It was brought to my attention via a link on APUG that this gentleman has described his lack of faith of Kodak cutting another batch of TMY in 8x10 using rather provocative headlines on his project page like:
"Rural Transitions: A Photographer shoots the Last sheets of Kodak film ever made".
With a sub-head that read:
"Photographer Chris Walker has a share of the last 8x10 B&W film Kodak ever made."
Pretty bold statements, eh, especially as key info for those who would be deciding or not to donate to the cause. He has since ommited that info and brought forth an explanation (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rural-transitions), but the archived version still reads on the K.B. Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/K-B-Canham-Cameras-Inc/131324393576850) page.
So I only use TMY in the formats I shoot, 35mm, 120 and 4x5 so I have no facts as to how it is doing, who will put in another order or what. But I suspect there are several on here that do use TMY in 8x10 and want to continue to do so.
I would be interested to hear about other 8x10 shooter's plans for 8x10 TMY and if they have heard that there might not be another batch of it according to what Mr. Walker has to say about it as of late. No offense to the guy and I wish him luck on what looks to be a great project, but several people were not happy at all with his choice of marketing angles including Kodak, Keith Canham and a number of loyal TMY users.
Any word on TMY in 8x10 in going forward?