Who is making the Lomochrome Purple 400 film?

[alpenhause]

Ok, The big question, who coated the emulsion, only Kodak, Agfa and Fuji are left in the world who can make color film to the best of my knowledge.....

The Lomography people have kind of let the "Cat" out of the bag so to speak by letting us know the first rolls are going to be delayed a bit for delivery, they tell us the European factory is very busy right now.

Perhaps...... Kodak made the master roll and Maco/Rollei is cutting it down to 35mm and 120 rolls?

I am betting Agfa, Belgium did it! I put out some inquiries today on Flikr to those displaying results from the "Test" rolls put out to the "Buddies" of Lomography, I have asked if the film is "Clear base negative like Rollei CN-200 which is Agfa Aerial color negative film or does it have the usual "orange" color masking of regular color negative film, Do you think these guys will comment about it?

Lomography sources the lion's share of its film from Agfa, next is Kodak, some Fuji?

By law the film packaging must state country of manufacture, on certain Lomography film boxes it says "Made In USA, packaged in Mexico, What does that tell you? some film is made in China, some is made in the E.U., only one color film maker in the E.U., Can You say Agfa? Sure.... I like they way you say that..

The information coming in to this thread will be most fun, as well as the film will be once they get it all packed and shipped, some are looking forward to this event and others well.....

One thing for certain..... whoever gets their Lomochrome Purple 400 rolls first will know who made the film once they read the "Made in...." stamped on the box!

OK, People! Let her Rip!

Please, these findings are just what I have observed so far so don't take this as gospel truth........

[alpenhause]

What if this Lomochrome Purple film really catches on? A forward thinking company may well be talked into offering this unusual film in sheet sizes? After all, Maco Rollei proudly offer the Agfa Infrared film in 4x5

[Bob Salomon]

Ok, The big question, who coated the emulsion, only Kodak, Agfa and Fuji are left in the world who can make color film to the best of my knowledge.....

The Lomography people have kind of let the "Cat" out of the bag so to speak by letting us know the first rolls are going to be delayed a bit for delivery, they tell us the European factory is very busy right now.

Perhaps...... Kodak made the master roll and Maco/Rollei is cutting it down to 35mm and 120 rolls?

I am betting Agfa, Belgium did it! I put out some inquiries today on Flikr to those displaying results from the "Test" rolls put out to the "Buddies" of Lomography, I have asked if the film is "Clear base negative like Rollei CN-200 which is Agfa Aerial color negative film or does it have the usual "orange" color masking of regular color negative film, Do you think these guys will comment about it?

Lomography sources the lion's share of its film from Agfa, next is Kodak, some Fuji?

By law the film packaging must state country of manufacture, on certain Lomography film boxes it says "Made In USA, packaged in Mexico, What does that tell you? some film is made in China, some is made in the E.U., only one color film maker in the E.U., Can You say Agfa? Sure.... I like they way you say that..

The information coming in to this thread will be most fun, as well as the film will be once they get it all packed and shipped, some are looking forward to this event and others well.....

One thing for certain..... whoever gets their Lomochrome Purple 400 rolls first will know who made the film once they read the "Made in...." stamped on the box!

OK, People! Let her Rip!

Please, these findings are just what I have observed so far so don't take this as gospel truth........

Where does Lucky get their color film from?

[alpenhause]

Lucky announced last year that they discontinued production of color film, existing stock for sale now is from the last production run

[Bob Salomon]

Lucky announced last year that they discontinued production of color film, existing stock for sale now is from the last production run

How long do you think that will last? Their web site still lists them as a producer.

[alpenhause]

I just got word from Georg Thaler from Lomography, Georg is in charge of film procurement for Lomography.

The new Lomochrome Purple 400 is designed for ease of processing at your normal C-41 labs.

I know which type of film base it has and Georg has asked me where I would like to show some newer test shots of the Lomochrome Purple 400.

I am awaiting to hear back from Georg to see if he is OK with me posting some newer test shots and if he is OK with me commenting on which type of film base the film is coated on, so far Agfa Belgium does not look like they made the film IMO

[alpenhause]

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We think it is worth answering some questions that often arise on the discussion boards we are also following.

As you know, Ferrania discontinued its photographic products some years ago and after that some buildings and equipments were dismantled or sold because the destiny of film seemed to be compromised forever after introduction of digital. Obviously we dream to put the film in a new era where it can live in symbiosis with digital imaging technologies.

After more than one year of work, we are finally trying to start again with a small production of film. But rescaling a production workflow is not an easy process: some chemical products are not available anymore on the market, former Ferrania workers and engineers must be involved again in a completely new production workflow, etc.

We worked a lot on many of the above issues and now we are proud to say that the moment is arrived of really making film.

Right now there is a six month R&D project aiming to produce a first Jumbo of film. If during this period we are able to solve all the remaining technical issues and if the market gives us a reasonable preliminary feedback, we will be ready to go ahead and ship new film in the first quarter of 2014!

Ok, now the question is: what kind of film?
We think it is better to start revamping the very last produced emulsions. The first two that we will make are a color negative film derived from Ferrania Solaris FG-100 Plus (only for still photographs) and a professional color reversal film derived from Scotch Chrome 100.

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We have the equipment to finish film in almost all photographic and motion picture formats: 110, 120, 126, 127, 135, 220, Super 8, Double 8, 16mm, 35mm and 70mm but at first we will put on line only the ones that are requested by the market.

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[Bob Salomon]

The new Lomochrome Purple 400 is designed for ease of processing at your normal C-41 labs.

If it wasn't it would be almost impossible for a lab to process it. So that is a fairly meaningless statement.

[alpenhause]

If it wasn't it would be almost impossible for a lab to process it. So that is a fairly meaningless statement.

OH Well, The minilabs who perform a leader retreival and then daylight load the 35mm roll into their machines won't have a risk of fogging a Polyester based film.

Both color films from Maco Rollei, CN-200 and CR-200 show way less fogging introduced through the leader when the film cartridges are opened in total darkness for developing.

The Darkroom.com in San Clemente, Ca is aware of this "Light Piping" of Maco/Rollei color films and will perform a "Dip & Dunk" process to cut down on the fogging that occurs with pulling the leader out of the 35mm cartridge and the feeding it into a processor like minilabs do, No extra charge by The Darkroom.com for this special handling.

Once the lab gets the Lomochrome Purple 400 negatives developed they will certainly notice unusual coloring during the printing process, I am just going to instruct my local pro lab to balance the colors to look pleasing at the technition's discretion and see how it works out.

[alpenhause]

New Photos of the new Lomochrome Purple 400 film Provided by Georg Thaler from Lomography!

Enjoy!