On another thread the question of when Kodak TMY film was introduced came up.
I looked at the Kodak Milestone page and could not find the answer. Could someone point me to a reliable source of information on this topic?
Sandy King
On another thread the question of when Kodak TMY film was introduced came up.
I looked at the Kodak Milestone page and could not find the answer. Could someone point me to a reliable source of information on this topic?
Sandy King
I'll try to dig up some documentary evidence, but I'm pretty sure the introduction of both TMX and TMY was ca. 1987-88.
I'll go with Oren's 87-88 as I have seen references on Kodak's site of experiments dealing with the possibility of TMY for motion picture film and decisions not to do so with the experiments dated 1990 and earlier.
Bob Schwalberg previewed TMX/TMY under the codes XO-267 and XO-382 in the October 1986 issue of Popular Photography. First Kodak ad for TMX/TMY was in March 1987.
Hi Oren and Ted,
Thanks very much for the information. That is consistent with my recollection of when I first used the film.
Sandy
We were using a versionTMax 3200 in 80/81... but it wasn't released then
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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http://www.largeformatphotography.in...xton-tmax.html
This article was published in early 1987; in it, John Sexton says:
I have had the opportunity to work extensively with the T-MAX films for the past three years. I was fortunate to be one of a few photographers to work with the films during their prototype development.
Tim, perhaps you're remembering a different film. TMZ was introduced later than TMX/TMY; it seems a stretch that EK would have been sampling a version in development fully eight or nine years prior to release.
If I recall correctly, before TMZ, the speed demons were 2475 Recording Film and Royal-X pan.
I remember the house I was living in when T-Max was introduced. I moved to another place in 88 so it was commonly available before 88.
steve simmons
You'd be amazed how small the demand is for pictures of trees... - Fred Astaire to Audrey Hepburn
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