@@NicosPhotographyShow I expect Pentax to come out with their film camera next week and Mint following suit in two. Followed by Fujifilm coming out with the Instax Mini 99. Anything else would be just cruel.
Is it ok to say I really missed you?! Feels great to have you back. Respect for the healthy informations and boundaries you put on youtube. Dont read to much into it ...I'm a guy on the youtube comments after all.
I don't like any of their other products, but I have to say I'm quite hyped about the Lomomatic 110. Looking at the sample images on the Kosmofoto article, the lens seems to have incredible performance for a Lomo camera - no vignette, no softness or strange stuff going on at the corners and no chromatic aberration, so I guess it's a triplet lens at the very least. And it seems to be starting at $90 without the flash which would be a great price for an auto exposure film camera with actually good image quality.
The Lomomatic 110 is the most exciting camera in a long time. It may well be one of the best 110 cameras ever. Electronics solves a lot of 110 camera limitations. I hope it is a hit for them 110 format allows cameras small enough to be genuinely pocketable and with you all the time. I love the creative texturing that the grain gives in that smaller size. I also love the convenience of the cartridges. Yes, 110 format is the same size as Micro Four Thirds. Panasonic was making 110 film cameras (under the National brand) long before it was making MFT digital.
It would be interesting to know which lens is coming with the 35AF from Rollei/Mint and the introduction price. The old camera was famous because of the great Tessar and Sonnar lenses it used beyond the cute look.
Kodak chemistry coming back is great news! However I have been a kodak guy since I started with film photography back in 2012 when kodak, ilford, fuji and foma on one or two websites was all you could get and prices were affordable at least online and film photography wasn't really a thing yet... And I have supported Kodak buying all their films in single rolls 35 and 120 both colour and bw, all their chemicals for film and paper development... then in 2020 film photography was suddenly a thing and kodak couldn't keep up with the demand and film was crazy expensive in EU so I bought three 30m long rolls of film from USA (+ import taxes) and that was still more convenient than buying kodak film here. And then 1 or 2 years ago the kodak chemicals disappeared... So now I say FU Kodak, since I use HP5 and FP4 in large format in moersch finol for N and N- developments, I can do that for any other format. I'll miss my dear Xtol but if I need to push one stop to get more contrast in dull days I'll use whatever is available consistently and reliably.
Not a financial expert in the slightest, but from what I understand, Kodak has a pension plan that is used to pay out a set amount over time to its retirees. The plan was managed internally so well that it accidentally created a substantial excess in its value than what is needed to pay the retirees for the remainder of the time. Kodak fired the team that managed it internally so they could switch to an outside partner to manage the fund from here on out and to explore a way to essentially use that money to pay down debt. When they went bankrupt, one of the agreements was that if they ever got access to the pension fund money, it would be required to use it towards their debt. No matter what, it's a good thing for Kodak, especially if they can in fact use it to pay down debt because servicing their debt is one of their largest expenses. (I own three shares of Kodak, mainly as a joke, but figured I should mention it lol)
It seems so, sadly as much as I love digital video its not yet in the news here. I almost feel like making news for that genre as it does interest me a lot.
Kodak pension fund - they have appointed one of the pension funds main investment advisors to be their “outsourced CIO” - they have accepted an independent advisor statement that their pension fund’s assets exclude the future liabilities of the pension fund by 1.2bn and this is available to be brought back in to the company - if they choose to bring it back in, it will incur some tax liability - if they bring it back in, the proceeds after tax will have to be applied against the Term Loans that are outstanding - ie. to reduce financial liabilities, not to be partied with, or put into R&D, or paid to shareholders as dividends
I don’t remember where I heard this so take it with a grain of salt but I think Shanghai only has a working perforating machine that does motion picture sprocket holes so it very well may be anything and they just perforated it with those oval sprocket holes
When the pension fund is taken over by the corporation rather than a fiduciary it means they're going to use the money's to fund some other projects rather than paying pensioners. Like the US Social Security Services
The irony is that unless the cameras currently being offered sell well, larger manufacturers likely won't be encouraged to build the sort cameras that hardcore film photography fans might wish to buy. It's a bit of a Catch-22. You could always buy one of the current cameras as a gift for someone else that doesn't own a film camera, helping to grow the film community in the process while lending encouragement to the Ricohs (i.e. Pentax) of the world.
Overfunded pension funds are dangerous in the US: corporate raiders will try to take control of the company, loot the money and then sell the rest for scrap. You need to drag that money back into the company and do something useful with it. In contrast I refer you to why Kodak Alaris was formed. 😢
@@NicosPhotographyShow depends how you look at it - everything is cropped large format then :D In any case the XPAN look is called cinematic because it is similar to 2.66:1 Cinemascope format that was released in 50's and used anamorphic lenses to produce images that wide on 35mm film (=
For some one who really tries his best to make Ferrania sound more Italian than Italians can make it sound, treating the pronunciation of Rollei seems far from that.
-110 film frames are -*-much-*- smaller than m43 sensors.- Indeed, m43 and 110 are nearly the same size! Should've looked it up. Still, image quality was really bad, and it is the film that's the problem here. Well, unless it is an ISO 25 or lower film stock …
There is no pressure-plate system, so the film has some curl to it. The even-smaller Minox format is held tight when the exposure is made -- I didn't say flat because it is actually a lens/film system designed to use a curved film-plane -- anyway, the results seem to be more consistent across the frame on Minox than 110 most of the time.
No, they’re extremely close to the same size. M43 sensors have an imaging area of 17.3mm x 13.0mm. One frame of 110 film has an area of 17mm x 13mm. I won’t argue with you that m43 sensors, like all modern digital sensors, produce higher image quality than the equivalent sized film.
@@andrewmadsen -- Yup -- the MFT sensor and 110 negative are almost exact the same size, but it shows that digital sensors can ultimately capture more info than (most) film of the same size....
I stand corrected, looked it up, and you're absolutely right, they are just about the same. I remember 110 from when I was a kid and it was tiny and flimsy. Thanks for the correction!
Filmmat is kinda ass. For desktop is wayyy too expensive and horrible colour interpretation and now you get the same ass for 20friggin bucks on your phone…. Christ it’s like there is a conspiracy to keep scanning film expensive.
Professor mode on: From a wiki: "The Company was named Franke und Heidecke by the founders. The first camera was not actually part of Reinhold Heidecke's vision. It was a stereo camera called Heidoscop, named after one of the founders. In 1923, they introduced their first roll film camera, the Roll-Film Heidoscop. The name "Rollei" eventually came from a shortened combination of the two terms." Professor mode off…
What's going on? No news for 3 months and now like 3 in 3 days?
Im a man of extremes!!!
@@NicosPhotographyShow I expect Pentax to come out with their film camera next week and Mint following suit in two. Followed by Fujifilm coming out with the Instax Mini 99. Anything else would be just cruel.
A good 3 days :)
Appreciate the mention Nico! So happy to have the news back
Is it ok to say I really missed you?! Feels great to have you back. Respect for the healthy informations and boundaries you put on youtube. Dont read to much into it ...I'm a guy on the youtube comments after all.
Its ok!! I also missed being here and sharing.
I don't like any of their other products, but I have to say I'm quite hyped about the Lomomatic 110.
Looking at the sample images on the Kosmofoto article, the lens seems to have incredible performance for a Lomo camera - no vignette, no softness or strange stuff going on at the corners and no chromatic aberration, so I guess it's a triplet lens at the very least.
And it seems to be starting at $90 without the flash which would be a great price for an auto exposure film camera with actually good image quality.
I was missing NPN. Nice to see you again ...
With all this news, you are spoiling us!
Its been coming, I just needed to find the time to get back at it.
Suddenly you are spoiling us. Once again, thanks for all that you do Nico!
The Lomomatic 110 is the most exciting camera in a long time. It may well be one of the best 110 cameras ever. Electronics solves a lot of 110 camera limitations. I hope it is a hit for them 110 format allows cameras small enough to be genuinely pocketable and with you all the time. I love the creative texturing that the grain gives in that smaller size. I also love the convenience of the cartridges.
Yes, 110 format is the same size as Micro Four Thirds. Panasonic was making 110 film cameras (under the National brand) long before it was making MFT digital.
Thx once once more. If I weren’t for your news show, I’d never know about 95% of what you discuss.
An excellent production.
Thank you!! I wouldn't follow up with all this if it wasn't for people watching, I love it, but it can be a handful sometimes.
It would be interesting to know which lens is coming with the 35AF from Rollei/Mint and the introduction price. The old camera was famous because of the great Tessar and Sonnar lenses it used beyond the cute look.
Very true, the legacy was the lens. I wonder if the Tessar and Sonnar design is out of patents.
Thanks for the weekly informations. See you next week.
I am on the pre-order list.
I am hoping it comes with a very good build quality, like the Rolleis of old.
Nice to have you back!
Great to have you back! Love your news show.
YAY NICO!
Two in a row, lets see if I can keep up.
Thanks Nico, I couldn't figure out the camera on your desk... very funky design! :)
Moltes gracies per aquesta noticia.
Gracies!
Thank you, Nico!!
Thank you for the news Niko.
Kodak chemistry coming back is great news! However I have been a kodak guy since I started with film photography back in 2012 when kodak, ilford, fuji and foma on one or two websites was all you could get and prices were affordable at least online and film photography wasn't really a thing yet... And I have supported Kodak buying all their films in single rolls 35 and 120 both colour and bw, all their chemicals for film and paper development... then in 2020 film photography was suddenly a thing and kodak couldn't keep up with the demand and film was crazy expensive in EU so I bought three 30m long rolls of film from USA (+ import taxes) and that was still more convenient than buying kodak film here. And then 1 or 2 years ago the kodak chemicals disappeared... So now I say FU Kodak, since I use HP5 and FP4 in large format in moersch finol for N and N- developments, I can do that for any other format. I'll miss my dear Xtol but if I need to push one stop to get more contrast in dull days I'll use whatever is available consistently and reliably.
Glad for your news!
Not a financial expert in the slightest, but from what I understand, Kodak has a pension plan that is used to pay out a set amount over time to its retirees. The plan was managed internally so well that it accidentally created a substantial excess in its value than what is needed to pay the retirees for the remainder of the time. Kodak fired the team that managed it internally so they could switch to an outside partner to manage the fund from here on out and to explore a way to essentially use that money to pay down debt. When they went bankrupt, one of the agreements was that if they ever got access to the pension fund money, it would be required to use it towards their debt. No matter what, it's a good thing for Kodak, especially if they can in fact use it to pay down debt because servicing their debt is one of their largest expenses. (I own three shares of Kodak, mainly as a joke, but figured I should mention it lol)
I read RED Digital Cinima will be acquired by Nikon.
It seems so, sadly as much as I love digital video its not yet in the news here. I almost feel like making news for that genre as it does interest me a lot.
Kodak pension fund
- they have appointed one of the pension funds main investment advisors to be their “outsourced CIO”
- they have accepted an independent advisor statement that their pension fund’s assets exclude the future liabilities of the pension fund by 1.2bn and this is available to be brought back in to the company
- if they choose to bring it back in, it will incur some tax liability
- if they bring it back in, the proceeds after tax will have to be applied against the Term Loans that are outstanding - ie. to reduce financial liabilities, not to be partied with, or put into R&D, or paid to shareholders as dividends
Really hope Adox buys the rights to the Teternal C41 tablets.
I don’t remember where I heard this so take it with a grain of salt but I think Shanghai only has a working perforating machine that does motion picture sprocket holes so it very well may be anything and they just perforated it with those oval sprocket holes
Thanks Nico
Tetenal made the best fixer in the market. Truly odourless! Hope Adox gets that recipe asap.
Super bummed about Tetenal. They’re the only kits I use for C41 😔
The bellini c41 kit seems great. Separate bleach and fix which supposedly helps with shelf life.
@@TristanColgate thanks for advice
welcome back,
But, one question stays open, "Is the forklift ok?!
We can only assume it didn’t survive.
Any chance this signals the return of Endura paper?
When the pension fund is taken over by the corporation rather than a fiduciary it means they're going to use the money's to fund some other projects rather than paying pensioners. Like the US Social Security Services
Hell yeah!
Shan-ghai? Not Shang-hai?
I'd love to see some new cameras for film that I'd like to buy.
The irony is that unless the cameras currently being offered sell well, larger manufacturers likely won't be encouraged to build the sort cameras that hardcore film photography fans might wish to buy. It's a bit of a Catch-22. You could always buy one of the current cameras as a gift for someone else that doesn't own a film camera, helping to grow the film community in the process while lending encouragement to the Ricohs (i.e. Pentax) of the world.
@@VirtualGuth I totally agree. If I can afford one of these new cameras, I'll probably get one.
What happened to that Leicaflex?
A dollar is worth .92% euro today. Is that way less? I suppose it’s a matter of opinion. In any event, thanks for all the new videos!
Because a European Billion is One Million Million, where as a American Billion is a "mere" One Thousand Million not even a Parisian night out...
In between millions and billions, Europeans have "milliards", so a European billion is an American trillion.
Overfunded pension funds are dangerous in the US: corporate raiders will try to take control of the company, loot the money and then sell the rest for scrap. You need to drag that money back into the company and do something useful with it.
In contrast I refer you to why Kodak Alaris was formed. 😢
Nico your Text in the Video is too fast gone. I must stop the Video to read it all
Sorry, will try to make it longer next time. You mean images or the headers for the news?
No Problem, I mean the Headers 😊
@16:23 it's more like XPAN is fake anamorphic :D
Xpan is a cropped medium format. ;)
@@NicosPhotographyShow depends how you look at it - everything is cropped large format then :D
In any case the XPAN look is called cinematic because it is similar to 2.66:1 Cinemascope format that was released in 50's and used anamorphic lenses to produce images that wide on 35mm film (=
For some one who really tries his best to make Ferrania sound more Italian than Italians can make it sound, treating the pronunciation of Rollei seems far from that.
Im Spanish, maybe i just say things slightly different. Im ok with it.
Yeah, "Rollai" is correct. As a German I like to hear the correct pronunciation. But doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things … 😁
The tetenal news really sucks. I just used their E6 kit and its beat one I've ever used, absolute lab quality results.
You should pronounce Rollei like suggestet to you! Rollei like "why", "I", "sky"! I`m German!
Will try my best, between being Spanish, living in Finland and reporting in English, Im surprised I can speak at all sometimes.
why would Cinestill ® hide their role sourcing chemicals? did the bad reputation stick? I hope is not another of their 'moves'
-110 film frames are -*-much-*- smaller than m43 sensors.- Indeed, m43 and 110 are nearly the same size! Should've looked it up. Still, image quality was really bad, and it is the film that's the problem here. Well, unless it is an ISO 25 or lower film stock …
There is no pressure-plate system, so the film has some curl to it. The even-smaller Minox format is held tight when the exposure is made -- I didn't say flat because it is actually a lens/film system designed to use a curved film-plane -- anyway, the results seem to be more consistent across the frame on Minox than 110 most of the time.
I was gonna say, 110 wished it was mft size! Still fun for goofing around
No, they’re extremely close to the same size. M43 sensors have an imaging area of 17.3mm x 13.0mm. One frame of 110 film has an area of 17mm x 13mm.
I won’t argue with you that m43 sensors, like all modern digital sensors, produce higher image quality than the equivalent sized film.
@@andrewmadsen -- Yup -- the MFT sensor and 110 negative are almost exact the same size, but it shows that digital sensors can ultimately capture more info than (most) film of the same size....
I stand corrected, looked it up, and you're absolutely right, they are just about the same. I remember 110 from when I was a kid and it was tiny and flimsy. Thanks for the correction!
Filmmat is kinda ass. For desktop is wayyy too expensive and horrible colour interpretation and now you get the same ass for 20friggin bucks on your phone…. Christ it’s like there is a conspiracy to keep scanning film expensive.
I roll my eye at the pronunciation of Rollei 🥸
Nice
Professor mode on:
From a wiki: "The Company was named Franke und Heidecke by the founders. The first camera was not actually part of Reinhold Heidecke's vision. It was a stereo camera called Heidoscop, named after one of the founders. In 1923, they introduced their first roll film camera, the Roll-Film Heidoscop. The name "Rollei" eventually came from a shortened combination of the two terms."
Professor mode off…