By all means, enlighten us, Father. Obviously the details of when and why you would use a vacuum tube are a touchy subject for you.
By all means, enlighten us, Father. Obviously the details of when and why you would use a vacuum tube are a touchy subject for you.
Can we keep in mind the thread is about film making and asking for insight related to that?
Thanks.
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This is exactly what I keep thinking about. Many years ago, I did some work for a very large manufacturer of industrial and consumer goods. I worked in one of the plants where data recording products (computer tape and data cartridges) were made. There were a few very key technical people involved in the day-to-day operations...when they retired...the plant floundered for few years and finally closed (well it was spun off in there too but that is irrelavant). Nobody really had that specialized skill and experience necessary to run the operation.
Anybody who thinks they're gonna produce a commercially viable product that is competetive with current offerings from Kodak or Ilford, or even Efke and Foma without massive investment in time, money and very specific people is a fool.
I, personally, am tired of 400ISO being the top rated speed in 4x5. Something in the 800/1600/3200 range would have real appeal.
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To a certain extent, absolutely true. The Autochrome lines haven't restarted, the former Soviet film lines haven't restarted despite still having all of their elves and the equipment was shut down clean, and there's a few more cases of lines being shut down and not being able to come up again. PE has said he has no idea how to finish a modern film, and PE's retired coworker who does know how to do it wants to concentrate on fixing his house, and not chemistry.
Now, take a look at the busy elves at The Light Farm, and tell me what you think about the image on the home page. Looks like they stirred the pots well! No, these emulsions aren't duplicates of Pansubatomic XXXX, but they do work. Are they the equal of Kodak or Ilford? No, but still, the emulsions work. And as long as there are emulsions, then there will be photochemical photography.
What will the OP be doing? I have no idea, and I wish him well in his endeavors.
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Drew,
You may well be right about that, but that's another prediction subject to too many variables to be very reliable. I'm much more optimistic about overcoming any technological challenges than I am about predicting demand. Without sufficient demand, the technology is irrelevant.
Agreed, by definition. But will there be demand, or even interest beyond those actually stirring the pots? There exists, even to this day, a commercial lab in Seattle that is capable of producing color carbon prints as good as any ever made by anyone, anywhere. The supremacy of carbon as a medium for making color prints is hardly in dispute, and the premium is far from unreasonable, yet how many avail themselves of this option? Not many, and probably no one here. In the end, demand, or lack thereof, trumps technology, experience, artistry, and little elves.
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