Andrew O'Neill
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Good question, Sal. I've been wondering if it's a good choice for HR-50.
For those of us who already recognized how well CMS 20 II keeps, especially when cold stored, and have a "lifetime" supply on hand, the key question is: will ADOX continue to make and sell Adotech IV after it runs out of the film?
CMS 20 base film emulsion is no longer coated. The EPM shutdown affected all microfilm productions. We have enough stocks to carry us through another 1-2 years with CMS 20.
The remaiing stocks are available through Fotoimpex exclusively.
As an alternative we recomend our outstanding HR-50 which is already extremely fine grained and higher resolving than e.g. APX 25 or KB25 ever were. In short we plan to release a special developer which yields even finer grained images with this film if shot at 25 ASA. This film is sold in much larger quantities and can therefore be offered at a lower price as well.
Can we get one more order of CMSII in the USA? At least for bulk?
Also HR50 is unavailable in the USA
...Also HR50 is unavailable in the USA
SCALA 50 and HR-50 are the identical film, packaged and marketed differently. 116 rolls in stock as I enter this:
For those of us who already recognized how well CMS 20 II keeps, especially when cold stored, and have a "lifetime" supply on hand, the key question is: will ADOX continue to make and sell Adotech IV after it runs out of the film?
That's good to know. If it's the same stuff, did the Scala 50 also receive pre-exposure like HR-50 (although they call it Speed Boost, it's most likely pre-exposure)?
Scala and HR-50 are identical except for the arrangement of the Ink droplets on the sticker.
Scala and HR-50 are identical except for the arrangement of the Ink droplets on the sticker.
We are working on it. The swiss machine was down for several months due to the energy crisis in Europe. But we implemented some energy savings measures and plan to go back into production in the summer. Helios is already being coated at this moment.That's excellent news, Mirko! Thank you. I'm using CHS 100 II in 120 and absolutely love the film. I hope one of these days we will see it available again in sheet film sizes?
...as you said Saturday with the slicing machine needing to be changed over to cutting paper.
Thank you!We are working on it. The swiss machine was down for several months due to the energy crisis in Europe. But we implemented some energy savings measures and plan to go back into production in the summer. Helios is already being coated at this moment.
thanks for the update. Happy you gave us the news here. Any plans of selling bulk rolls of CMS 20 or is only going to be in finished canisters?
john
All material is finished into 35mm canisters. We have no more raw material.
AND Canadians
What's the big deal about buying something from a vendor outside the USA? I see this all the time, Americans seem petrified about buying anything outside their country and I don't understand why. Just order from Fotoimpex and DHL delivers it to your door 2 days later. Fotoimpex even has an English version of their website. What's the difficulty?And availability in Europe only is really unfair to american fans of CMS20
Really disappointing..
We are working on it. The swiss machine was down for several months due to the energy crisis in Europe. But we implemented some energy savings measures and plan to go back into production in the summer. Helios is already being coated at this moment.
What's the big deal about buying something from a vendor outside the USA? I see this all the time, Americans seem petrified about buying anything outside their country and I don't understand why. Just order from Fotoimpex and DHL delivers it to your door 2 days later. Fotoimpex even has an English version of their website. What's the difficulty?
Build an order at Fotoimpex and it shows the cost. A USA based vendor is buying it from Germany, having it shipped and adding their profit margin, why would that be cheaper than cutting out the middleman?How much would that cost? We are not made of money
CMS 20 base film emulsion is no longer coated. The EPM shutdown affected all microfilm productions. We have enough stocks to carry us through another 1-2 years with CMS 20.
The remaining stocks are available through Fotoimpex exclusively.
As an alternative we recomend our outstanding HR-50 which is already extremely fine grained and higher resolving than e.g. APX 25 or KB25 ever were. In short we plan to release a special developer which yields even finer grained images with this film if shot at 25 ASA. This film is sold in much larger quantities and can therefore be offered at a lower price as well.
The raise in price is really unfortunate. 50% more ! And availability in Europe only is really unfair to american fans of CMS20
Really disappointing..
I always purchased 5 at the time because I was not paranoid about the film being discontinued.
SO many times I could have purchased a few hundred foots bulk.
I should have done it.,
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