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I think color films in general are a miracle of modern chemistry. Agfa and Fuji deserve credit as the other major companies which produced high-quality color fi
by klodolph 5y ago
I think color films in general are a miracle of modern chemistry. Agfa and Fuji deserve credit as the other major companies which produced high-quality color films, alongside Kodak and Polaroid.
Unfortunately, these companies had to set up supply chains for manufacture of the necessary chemicals, and those supply chains run the risk of evaporating as the demand for film declines. Polaroid already fell to this... you can't buy Polaroid film any more, and it can't be manufactured, because the required chemicals are simply not available. The production line has been purchased and restarted but it's not the same film.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoAnother process that's been lost is Cibachrome/Ilfochrome. Direct positive color dye emulsion, made to be printed from chrome film or exposed as a direct positive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilfochrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilfochrome RA-4 color paper, on the other hand, is alive and well; most of it gets used for digital prints, exposed by laser printer and then developed.