8mm Forum: Kodak Stock Sky Rockets!

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Posted by Thomas Dafnides (Member # 1851) on January 10, 2018, 10:53 AM:

The big news was the whipping 119% gain in Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:KODK) after the company announced it would use blockchain technology to help photographers secure their digital rights. ......financial newsfeed 1/9/18
Big money believes Kodak has a bright future.

Posted by Mathew James (Member # 4581) on January 10, 2018, 11:54 AM:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kodak-cryptocurrency-1.4479481

This clip above shows kodak shares skyrocketing and a super 8 camera pictured!
I hope this little nuance is meaningful to kodaks future, but anything related to the bitcoin type systems is RISKY FRAGILE!

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 10, 2018, 12:06 PM:

I hope it's not too good to be true over the long haul, and you all feel the same way. But that IS a really nice piece of news! Too bad no film is involved!

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on January 10, 2018, 02:09 PM:

Hoping to see this film for sale in the near future [Cool]

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 11, 2018, 06:54 PM:

Wow, Graham! Where did you get that photo? (New packaging noted.)

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on January 11, 2018, 10:15 PM:

Hi Bill

On one of the Facebook pages, I understand the film was on display at Kodak CES 2018. There is also talk, the film will be for sale around April 2018 [Cool]

...I do hope so. It might be time to dust of those old Super8 cameras [Smile]

...here is hoping the electronics etc in them still go [Smile]

Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on January 12, 2018, 03:23 AM:

Can they make it affordable?. I liked the Kodachrome because it was process paid; the Ektachrome you could take to any photographic dealer to be processed, but doubt this would be the case today. You would probably have to send it to a specialist lab. Would love to be able to shoot Super 8 again.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 16, 2018, 06:19 PM:

Robert, 100D Ektachrome should continue using the E-6 process still common in the few remaining labs around the world.

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on January 16, 2018, 07:34 PM:

Bill, do Dwayne's still sell and process Super 8 ?

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on January 18, 2018, 10:43 AM:

They do! All of their pricings are available at dwaynesphoto.com/. Only do E-6 movie processing at this point (no B&W, no negative). It's pricey, but they have Wittnerchrome 200D reversal in three gauges! Plus E-6 slides and B&W or color print processing. My experiences with them in the 2000s were exemplary, only surpassed in quality and customer service by Yale Film and Video.

At $56 now per 50 feet, I'm glad I shot family movies when I did a decade ago. It was half the cost then.

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