Kodak and Pro Film

by EveNSteveMay 1, 2013

Kodak

Kodak announced yesterday :

“Eastman Kodak Company today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement with the U.K. Kodak Pension Plan (KPP), its largest creditor, with respect to its Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. Under the agreement, which will be filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Kodak’s Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses will be spun off under new ownership to KPP.”

But, you ask, what does this mean for the future of Pro films like TX400, Portra and Ektar? The answer- direct from my friends at Kodak is:… nothing! All pro films both still and motion are not affected by this agreement. Furthermore, this agreement should give Kodak a better financial footing (exit chapter 11!!!!!) and help to keep film production in Rochester alive for the forseable future- a very good thing.

Now take a deep breath and go buy and shoot some film!

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Link to press release:

http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Kodak_Announces_Comprehensive_Settlement_with_U.K._Pension_Plan_Moving_Kodak_toward_Exit_from_Chapter_11.htm

Hasselblad Ends V Series Camera

by EveNSteveApril 30, 2013

50 years is a great run for a camera system. From the first photographs made on the moon in 1969 to iconic images from fashion, landscape (Ansel used a Hasselblad in his later years) to journalism- the Hasselblad V system represented to many the bench mark for precision and quality. Can you name a digital camera that will have as long of a legacy? I can’t either.

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Which Way Is The Front Line From Here

by EveNSteveApril 26, 2013

I just watched this powerful documentary last night on the photographer Tim Hetherington. I think it illustrates the dangers encountered in this hyper news/ documentary world where getting the shot in all too many cases is paid for by the life of the photographer.

The movie is available on HBO on demand. On a side note please notice all the film cameras Tim Hetherington worked with from a Rollei TLR to a Hasselblad.

Cape Cod 2013

by EveNSteveApril 20, 2013April 20, 2013

Just finished a great trip to Cape Cod with my oldest daughter. Many wonderful conversations about film and exposure and getting her comfortable using her “new” Rollei 35S. It was very interesting watching her tune into the light and it’s subtle changes and thinking about how it would look on film- she was much more engaged to the whole process than when I see her shoot with a digital camera. Yes I am very proud!

The Work You Make Today

by EveNSteveApril 14, 2013

AudioBlog Please click on the Audio Logo to listen to an audio by Stephen Schaub.

Link to the Robert Frank Video I mention: LINK

LF Kickstarter – Travelwide 4×5 Camera

by EveNSteveApril 14, 2013

Of course not the first camera of this kind and I do worry about the build quality BUT at $100 for the camera (lens and accessories are additional $$$$$$) it is quite interesting.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wanderlust/travelwide-45-camera

As I said others options do exist and many with a better build quality and additional options, however, anything to keep film and LF alive is cool by me! Ive been shooting a lot of LF in the last few months… but more on that and a review of some LF films and processing options in a few weeks.

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

Fuji Stops Motion Picture Film Production

by EveNSteveApril 6, 2013

As previously announced, Fujifilm has stopped production of the majority of Motion Picture Film products by March, 2013.

http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n130402.html

Kodak of course still makes motion picture film so no worries for now!!!!!*

We all knew this was coming and Fuji has also discontinued many great still films this last year(+) as well- I for one am not happy! Hey Fuji (USA)… if Fuji Japan makes a film why not make it available in our US market as well (I am thinking of the Fuji 160NS in 4×5)…. I’m sick of having to order films from the EU and beyond. At least Kodak Portra 160 and 400 rock and are easy to get here in the US and beyond… check out my reviews here on FR on these two great films.

Portra 160

Portra 400 Many articles….

*“LOS ANEGLES, Feb 21, 2013 —The 2013 Academy Award® best picture nominees include six movies that were shot on Kodak film: Argo, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Les Miserable.

In the 84-year history of Oscar®, no Academy Award®-winning best picture has ever been made without motion picture film.”

Viva la Revolution!

End the Limited Edition Maddness

by EveNSteveMarch 31, 2013April 2, 2013

Given the controversy regarding the recent Eggleston reprints and the resulting lawsuit I feel it is worth stating again… make one artwork and move on!

Reference Articles:

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Court-dismisses-lawsuit-over-Eggleston-reprints-/29285

and my thoughts from 2009 are still true today….

https://figitalrevolution.com/2009/09/16/make-one-and-be-done/

Viva la Revolution- Stephen

UPDATE 4.2.2013….

To hear and argument to making unlimited prints click here: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/04/limited-edition-photographs.html

I for one find so many issues with this article and its suggestions that I dont know where to begin….. in the end do what you want but in the days of endless disposable images less is more!

Stephen Schaub – Artist Talk Rutland, VT. May 14, 2013

by EveNSteveMarch 14, 2013March 14, 2013

Leaping Outside The Box: Reimagining Photography by Stephen Schaub

Rutland, Chaffee Art Center – 7 p.m., Chaffee Downtown, 75 Merchants Row, (802) 775-0356

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Photography is dead… at least the photography that has existed since Joseph Necephore Niepce made his first exposure in 1826; the same photography that led so many into the darkroom of trays and chemistry; the same photography that our grandparents used to produce endless carousels of slide shows on Kodachrome.

So what is next? Photography has always been in the throes of change and evolution since its inception and this transformative, gut-wrenching period is no different. Photography- as our collective nostalgic memory remembers it-is dead. The future promises to expand our definition of what a photograph will be.

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Viva la Revolution– Stephen

For more information on the full text above please visit: www.ichoosefilm.com