Indian photochemistry manufacturer Convex is looking in to US distribution for its line of RA-4 chemistry.Īnother bright point at the show - the Adox booth was swamped and it was nearly impossible to get near it.Īll in all, in a mega show like Photokina, where digital photography dominates over all, it was wonderful to see so many companies offering film based products. Maco Photo, a company distributing a plethora Foma and Rollei branded films, in BW and IR, as well as AGFA formulated BW chemistry such as rodinal and nuetol replacements offers several C-41 and E-6 kits, along with a plethora of specialty BW chemicals and films. Champion photochemistry also have an extremely long shelve life which in todays low volume world is a much sought after quality. This projected kit will have an extremely low per roll cost, and will be a single part, easy to mix and store solution for home users, as well as low toxicity\low water consuming option, in conforming with our environmental agenda. Due to the fact that all Champion chemistry has no haz-mat rating in the US it is easy and safe to ship around the country.ĬatLABS is working on a Champion based C-41 3 bath kit for the US market, to be ready towards the end of 2012. It appears that Tetenal and Jobo will once again be marketing their products in some form of cooperation, though it was not entirely clear what that would mean for the end user at this time, aside from the wonderful news about a new film processor that will enjoy a regular supply of chemistry from a venerable manufacturer.Īt photokina we learned the Champion photochemistry is resizing its commercial use chemicals for C-41 to meet lower demands, and the new smaller kits and containers will be a much more viable option for the home user then before. A few months ago Tetenal re appeared in the US market, and the full line of its color and slide film chemistry is readily available in the US one again. Some smaller re-breanded kits from smaller companies emmerged, but did not offer the same quality and consistency users were used to with the Tetenal kits. ![]() With the dissappearance of many of the kits and brand that seem like that have been around forever, like Kodak and Fuji hunt (some are still available through convoluted and complex ordering options), there has been a gap in supply, for a market, that at least from our stand point, seems to be growing contiousily in the past 2 years.Ībout 2 years ago, Tetenal withdrew from the US market its popular and easy to use C-41 2 bath kit, and E-6 3 bath kit in all sizes, along with its powder 1L press kit leaving many users scrambling for replacements which were not readily available. Recently, many of our customers, especially in Oceania, notably in New Zealand, but also in the US and Europe have brought up issues they were having with sourcing C-41 and E-6 processing kits. Stay updated with our Ebay and online store and as always, let us know if there is anything specific you need but you cannot find listed.ĭuring our visit t the Photokina 2012 trade show we made it our business to try and meet as many photochemistry companies reps and try to get a picture of the global position of price points and availability. New Multitank 2 drums will now be a regular stock item, so will new 1501 reels. The small and light roller base, lets you smoothly rotate your drum without having to move it across a long flat surface, and will accommodate every drum in the Jobo lineup. Once you try Expert drums you will never go back. The roller base is a super cheap way to get into rotation processing, and Expert drums, without the need for expensive Jobo processing machines, it is the ideal tool for those users who do BW processing at room temperature. Roller bases, for manual processing of all Jobo tanks are now a regular stock item, we will be adding a combo roller option to our webstore soon, for now you can contact us directly about bundle pricing with this item and any Jobo drum. We got a few extra 3005 drums but those wont last long - so act fast, the next order will only be here after the new year! A new shipment of stock has just arrived!ĪLL Expert drums are back in stock along with more foot pumps, spare sponges and other expert bits.
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