Tim Gray

Sounds like you got your answers, but in the future, know that the Kodak and Fuji spec sheets for these films usually tell you what the film base is for still films. It varies depending on the format. For example, if you go to the following link, you'll see all the spec sheets for Kodak reversal still films. If you want to see the sheets for other films, click on the appropriate film category on the left, then click on the link 'Tech Pubs'. The film bases and thicknesses for each format are usually listed on the first page of the pdf for Kodak films. http://www.kodak.com:80/global/en/professional/support/databanks/filmDatabankColorRev.jhtml?pq-path=13319/1229/13395

Kodak makes paper for minilabs still. It is high contrast, but since it's all pretty designed to go through minilabs that expose from digital files, the contrast is adjusted in the pre exposure stage. So it's probably 'alright' to have only one contrast of paper. I'm sure you know this though...

As someone who shots stills really only on film, I'm not that broken up about 400NC and VC going away. It does kind of suck that the contrast choices are going away for those that optically print, but there's a lot of sucky things that are going on in the optical printing world, mainly the availability of cut sheet papers. Regardless, quite a bunch of us who still shoot film for stills scan, and the difference between contrast really isn't enough to make me reach for the VC - I'd rather have the extra range on the NC. I'm excited for this film for two reasons: - improvements (slight though they may be) over the previous generation of film, which was already quite good and in its 3rd incarnation in 4 years (400NC-3) - the fact that Kodak decided to consolidate two similar films into a new improved emulsion, instead of just axing one of the two previous films and leaving us with the other. As far as I can tell, Kodak probably needs to have a bit more consolidation in its stills product line if its going to make money on this stuff in the coming years. I'm guessing 160VC/NC will also get replaced with a new in-between 160. And hopefully 125PX and P3200TMZ still get produced, but I'm a bit anxious about those two.. To think otherwise is I think is a pipe dream. While I wish we had all of the papers and films of years past, I'm happy I can still get high quality films for really not that much money.

Got mine today. Magazine size and a bit under 100 pages long. LOTS of photos. Pretty good quality printing as well. It talks about both still film and motion picture film. It's pretty cool if you ask me. Worth the $30 if you are at all interested in this stuff. Who knows how long it will be available if you don't get a copy now. Oh, and it looks reasonably current to. The motion picture stock they use as an example is Vision3 500T.

I think it's more or less self-published by an ex-Kodak guy. A couple of his ex-colleagues have vouched for him and the book on APUG and photo.net. One guy said the book looks great. I put my order in a couple weeks ago.

Aren't those just specific packagings of those films? For example, isn't 7229 still available in 100 ft and 400 ft rolls at the very least?

I would think just throwing your negatives straight into the fixer would do it. Then extract the silver from the fixer.

It's already being discussed on some of them. I'm a stills shooter that uses Plus-X. It's unclear to me whether or not the motion picture film is cut from the same stock as the stills film. If it is, I think stills Plus-X is gone too... Haven't seen it mentioned on flickr as of yet.

Joining the ranks of the others...