Kodak officials say the company has seen a substantial increase in film sales each year for five consecutive years and has invested in film processing labs across the world to meet demand. This is a great testament to the intrinsic value of film to the motion picture arts.
We are excited to celebrate these extraordinary filmmakers at the Kodak Film Awards this year. They spot-check for imperfections including incomplete chemical coating or crinkles from the machinery.
During production, Kodak uses night-vision cameras to monitor the film for irregularities such as uneven application or breaks. If the machines sense that something is wrong, they mark that spot on the roll so testers can then cut out that piece and diagnose the mishap.
The final film goes on to the packaging area, where a machine wraps it around plastic spools like these. Each batch of Ektachrome nets out to nearly 3 million feet of film—or more than , individual rolls. How much of it the company makes will depend on sales; film has a finite shelf life—even if you store it in the fridge.
The machine at left funnels empty metal film cans via conveyor belt toward the last packaging step—inserting rolls into their canisters.
The cramming happens in total darkness in a room to the right of this frame. Kodak ran its first reel of Ektachrome at the end of The familiar 35mm version of the film hit the market in , and now the larger format sheet and roll film will officially debut just before the end of His past bylines include Rolling Stone, Engadget, Men's Journal, GQ, and just about any other publication that has ever written about gadgets. He collects vintage cameras, eats pizza, and hopes you won't go looking at his Tweets even though the link is down there.
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