Kodak's commitment to film & ULF film (BJP article)

[Thingy]

BJP Abstract:
Earlier this month, Kodak announced the launch of a new professional Portra 400 colour negative film, which replaces the Portra 400NC and 400VC film.While the film will only be available in November, BJP talked with Scott DiSabato, US marketing manager for Professional film at Kodak, about the new film and Kodak's commitment to film photography.

Link to full article below:
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journ ... gence-film

One of the most interesting bits is Kodak's willingness to accomodate special orders for larger formats than 5x4 [extract]:

Some other things we’re doing is working with Canham Cameras, a global distributor for ultra-large format films – anything above 4x5. Kodak doesn’t stock any of these products – 11x14, 20x24 or other goofy sizes for ancient and brand new cameras – but we have Canham. What they do is that gather orders from photographers around the world, and when they hit a certain figure, we produce it. Of course, we need enough orders to justify the retooling at our factory to produce these sizes. Kodak is moving in this direction of made-to-order production. Because it’s a perishable product, we wanted to make sure that we’re not stocking product that’s never going to get purchased. Canham sells the new Portra 400, Ektar 100, T-Max 100 and Tri-X.

[Sean Lewis]

Pretty interesting and exiting stuff, I'm looking forward to trying the new film for portrait work.

[Trail Images]

Always good to see encouraging updates on film items in general. I had seen a similar update a couple weeks ago and I'm happy to see Kodak making some overall futuristic thinking in their product lines. Thanks for posting and sharing this info here.

[Thingy]

--- UPDATE ---

Portra 400 is to be made available in 10x8.

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journ ... rsion-film