we've previously concluded the CN films are kodacolor VR emulsions.Pro Image 100 doesn't have as much saturation as Lomo 100 does, nor are its colors as warm as Lomo. Its been said the film could be the current Color Plus film. Or it could still be some variant of Gold. It would be really nice to figure this one out. I have 6 rolls of 100 in 120 coming my way, so I can try for myself of course.
we've previously concluded the CN films are kodacolor VR emulsions.
the stance is lomo has the 100, 400 and 800 speeds, but kodak is selling the 200 speed as color plus.So basically Color Plus then? Color Plus was the VR Plus film renamed. VR Plus came in 100, 200, and 400 some years back. And it also may have been in 120.
As I hypothesized on another thread, it could be that Loma contracts with Kodak for custom master roll using any number of older emulsions Kodak has in their files.
don't quote me on this, but I believe Kodak coats its 120 films in china(?)As I understand it Kodak can produce a master roll with any emulsion that it has the chemistry for. Kodak's plant haves massive capacity, I doubt that it runs day and night, with lags between in house orders, it could produce what ever anyone is willing to pay for. As it is Kodak makes Color +, Kodak Gold, Pro Image, Porta, Ektar, and Ektachrome 100, adding another emulsion would not that much work. But, on the other thread it seems that Lomo 120 is made in China, the only color producer in China that I know if is Lucky which did make a 80s and 90s version of Kodacolor 100, 200 and 400, I have not see any Lucky film in years, did not know that Lucky still had the coating line. Maybe there is another producer, Shanghai?
All Kodak film is coated in Building 38 in Rochester, New York.don't quote me on this, but I believe Kodak coats its 120 films in china(?)
Pro Image 100 doesn't have as much saturation as Lomo 100 does, nor are its colors as warm as Lomo. Its been said the film could be the current Color Plus film. Or it could still be some variant of Gold. It would be really nice to figure this one out. I have 6 rolls of 100 in 120 coming my way, so I can try for myself of course.
lomochrome films say made in Germany.If the box says made in China, there are only 2 Chinese companies capable of making film, Shanghai and Lucky. I've only seen B&W from Shanghai, and have never seen 120 from Lucky. So maybe coated by Lucky and finished by Shanghai? But looking at the ad copy on Freestyle "LomoChrome Metropolis comes with a unique chemical formula specifically developed in the Lomography film factory, which desaturates colors, mutes tones, and makes contrasts pop." This does not seem to be either Kodak Gold or old VR, and where is their factory, has anyone asked?
I searched for "Lomography film factory". Google returned three pages of results, all of which repeated Lomography's description from LomoChrome Metropolis film. I think Lomography's film factory is a code name for Lomography's marketing department. Speaking of which, is their any reason Lomography's marketing department would call a color negative film "Lomochrome"? Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah? It is cheaper than Portra and Ektar, but is a $2 premium over Color Plus. Claiming membership in the Lomographic Society: priceless.If the box says made in China, there are only 2 Chinese companies capable of making film, Shanghai and Lucky. I've only seen B&W from Shanghai, and have never seen 120 from Lucky. So maybe coated by Lucky and finished by Shanghai? But looking at the ad copy on Freestyle "LomoChrome Metropolis comes with a unique chemical formula specifically developed in the Lomography film factory, which desaturates colors, mutes tones, and makes contrasts pop." This does not seem to be either Kodak Gold or old VR, and where is their factory, has anyone asked?
lomochrome films say made in Germany.
My conspiracy theory is that they're using AGFA's old equipment.
Granted, older lomochrome and 110 films said made in china.
Lomography get their films from several sources and they have changed over time as the price and availability in the market has changed. The main B&W offering is currently fomapan (was tmax) but the berlin, potsdam kino films are Orwo. These (orwo) and some of the lomochrome films inc metropolis and the colour effects are coated by Inoviscoat in Germany. Its not clear who converts them as inoviscoat doesn't have that capability, that is the only unknown. The std colour films are kodak products, fujifilm is the only other manufacturer in that segment.
As I hypothesized on another thread, it could be that Loma contracts with Kodak for custom master roll using any number of older emulsions Kodak has in their files.
I doubt that they would have been still around after the bankruptcy.I think it's even simpler than that -- i guess Kodak has some master rolls of VR films there, frozen since years ago, and simply sells them to Lomo which then converts them into 120 or 35mm in China.
Any ideas for Lomography Color 400 ?Henning Serger and I did some tests with Lomography CN100 and Kodak ProImage 100 and we came to the conclusion that they were both the same.
Again a case where the original film can be had for less than the rebranded. (Based on a glance at a major dealer.)Henning Serger and I did some tests with Lomography CN100 and Kodak ProImage 100 and we came to the conclusion that they were both the same.
True, but unfortunately not in 120.Again a case where the original film can be had for less than the rebranded. (Based on a glance at a major dealer.)
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