Dang so many rad insights from him! I had no clue that motion picture stuff carried stills, I mean it makes sense on a volume level but never really knew if they were linked production wise! Thanks for providing the platform to hear from a GOAT man haha!
🐐GOAT ALERT 🐐Truly fascinating to hear his takes on the current state of things. I'm glad motion picture is having quite a moment because that's definitely essential to us keeping our Portra!
Not true in any sense of the world up until 9/11 when the world saw the importance of image immediacy that digital brings….whether good or crappy images. Since 2001, perhaps, but despite all the print volume making 5000 prints of the top movies, the earnings for that film were never huge. Film today is rad…like the vinyl album, and the young are flocking back to it in droves to play a bit with it.
It really is a SPECTACULAR film, probably my favorite Kodak product. Thank goodness they revived it, too, given Fuji is eliminating their chromes day by day.
Fantastic conversation. Any time you have the opportunity to talk with someone with this amount of knowledge into the film or film camera production, please take it, we love to hear this stories I could spend hours listening Robert
That's my thinking Filipe, thank you! I feel like it's important to get legends like this on camera and talking through their incredible histories. This was such a great opportunity!
Give the man a cookie. He worked in a time when cash was king at Kodak and his proud heritage of films he managed were made with 30 to 50% waste levels. That is his legacy...commercialization of products with huge waste and little drive to improve. Others pushed those improvements. He downplays the business today, which is totally different than that of his memory and much of his book. His book is like a golfer on a par three - he hit the green, but it's not a birdie putt, though.
@@wildboar7473 A long time ago I was told that those films for the Apollo mission were the same emulsions as the professional film but were coated onto thinner polyester base. Imax movies like those made from the Space Shuttle, Everest and Titanic feature the same idea using polyester but only with motion picture negative emulsions.
Awesome video, I have some custom Apollo 11 Kodak film (pieces of the leader/tail) from Richard Underwood. He made various presentations over the years.
Awesome video!!! So cool to hear his side of stuff!!! As far a Kodachrome's demise, I worked in print pre-press and when scanners went digital, it didn't work well with Kodachrome ... analog was better for it, but the reality of production killed Kodachrome!!!
hey in an instant i have a question can i send my prototype pack film or my instant roll film to you its going to be blanks because i got no sheet film or chemicals i want to know if your interested
You know what's going to happen...there's going to be a massive CME which will utterly screw up all the electronic and digital world and they'll have to go back to using and making film. Because, they won't get digital back in a hurry (if, at all) and they won't have any other way of recording photographs. People don't realise just how fragile and vulnerable digital/modern tech actually is. No more nightclub or bathroom selfies. No more spray and pray photography. No more wasted HDD space cluttered with extraneous rubbish. They'll actually have to take some real photos and be careful with their pics. On good ol' cameras, no digital wonders. It might never happen, but it could also happen tomorrow.
One step closer to you being able to talk to a higher-up at Kodak to ask why they don’t make a X Pro-esque camera. Is it too much to ask for a digital camera that can shoot Portra and Tri X natively?
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Dang so many rad insights from him! I had no clue that motion picture stuff carried stills, I mean it makes sense on a volume level but never really knew if they were linked production wise! Thanks for providing the platform to hear from a GOAT man haha!
🐐GOAT ALERT 🐐Truly fascinating to hear his takes on the current state of things. I'm glad motion picture is having quite a moment because that's definitely essential to us keeping our Portra!
Not true in any sense of the world up until 9/11 when the world saw the importance of image immediacy that digital brings….whether good or crappy images. Since 2001, perhaps, but despite all the print volume making 5000 prints of the top movies, the earnings for that film were never huge. Film today is rad…like the vinyl album, and the young are flocking back to it in droves to play a bit with it.
The peel with Bob, priceless!
Ektachrome was definitely a huge W for Kodak. The stuff is incredible and probably my go to film for holidays, traveling, and shoots!
It really is a SPECTACULAR film, probably my favorite Kodak product. Thank goodness they revived it, too, given Fuji is eliminating their chromes day by day.
Fantastic conversation. Any time you have the opportunity to talk with someone with this amount of knowledge into the film or film camera production, please take it, we love to hear this stories
I could spend hours listening Robert
That's my thinking Filipe, thank you! I feel like it's important to get legends like this on camera and talking through their incredible histories. This was such a great opportunity!
Great interview although Bob’s predictions on the future of film left me with a case of anxiety 😅😅
Haha yes I have not slept
@@InAnInstant Oh man 😅
Film, much like life, is a fleeting pleasure we must all enjoy while it lasts
He was a guest on the camerosity podcast a few episodes ago. Goes into quite a bit of detail. Well worth a listen!
I will check that out, thanks Theo!!
Give the man a cookie. He worked in a time when cash was king at Kodak and his proud heritage of films he managed were made with 30 to 50% waste levels. That is his legacy...commercialization of products with huge waste and little drive to improve. Others pushed those improvements. He downplays the business today, which is totally different than that of his memory and much of his book. His book is like a golfer on a par three - he hit the green, but it's not a birdie putt, though.
well critism wont make it in the Top comment section. Wanted to know what was so special about Apollo made.
@@wildboar7473 A long time ago I was told that those films for the Apollo mission were the same emulsions as the professional film but were coated onto thinner polyester base. Imax movies like those made from the Space Shuttle, Everest and Titanic feature the same idea using polyester but only with motion picture negative emulsions.
The Historian of Kodak. Beautiful
Tri-x, Ektachrome, and Kodachrome?? This ONE guy is the reason why I'm broke??
This was a fun interview with a man who was a important part of history
Thanks for watching mate, so glad I got to sit down with this legend
He’s such a fascinating character!
He is! And totally unflappable!
Absolute legend. It's a miracle that he was able to write down his knowledge and that Kodak (for the most part) let him!
It truly is stunning that they let him do this, so glad
Awesome video, I have some custom Apollo 11 Kodak film (pieces of the leader/tail) from Richard Underwood. He made various presentations over the years.
Excellent reportage , thankyou !!!!
Epic interview- classic!
What an honor to talk to this legend!
Irondequoit Bay Bridge in the background. I'm up in that area all the time looking for snowy owls to photograph.
What a view, Tom!
Thanks for the interview, could have been longer and more in-depth but it was probably too cold with the snow outside to do a long one.
Awesome!! Just AWESOME!!
I really want to see photos taken with that digital camera that kodak made. Kodak might even still have it.
I'm sure they do!
Awesome video as usual and very informative. And hey, good spread !!!!
Not a bad spread!! 😂😂
Great talk! Thanks for this!! So much cool info
Great interview- awesome content as usual!
THIS IS SO COOL BEN THANK YOU
THANK YOU STEPHEN!
SO GOOD. ❤️
Awesome video!!! So cool to hear his side of stuff!!! As far a Kodachrome's demise, I worked in print pre-press and when scanners went digital, it didn't work well with Kodachrome ... analog was better for it, but the reality of production killed Kodachrome!!!
True, plus the massive inconvenience of developing Kodachrome! The machines being so massive, it was just a headache for all involved really.
Dissapointed he didnt talk about Apollo special edition film, what was different?
hey in an instant i have a question can i send my prototype pack film or my instant roll film to you its going to be blanks because i got no sheet film or chemicals i want to know if your interested
Hi I am absolutely interested! Please send me a DM on Instagram @the.instantgram, or an email benfraternale @ gmail!
"..so.... on a positive note...." 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
😂😂😂😂A true vibe check
@@InAnInstant I love it 😅👍🏻
What a gottdam stud.
You know what's going to happen...there's going to be a massive CME which will utterly screw up all the electronic and digital world and they'll have to go back to using and making film. Because, they won't get digital back in a hurry (if, at all) and they won't have any other way of recording photographs. People don't realise just how fragile and vulnerable digital/modern tech actually is. No more nightclub or bathroom selfies. No more spray and pray photography. No more wasted HDD space cluttered with extraneous rubbish. They'll actually have to take some real photos and be careful with their pics. On good ol' cameras, no digital wonders. It might never happen, but it could also happen tomorrow.
U forgot to ask him if he could build a packfilm machine for us 🤤
Lmao I ALMOST did
😃
One step closer to you being able to talk to a higher-up at Kodak to ask why they don’t make a X Pro-esque camera. Is it too much to ask for a digital camera that can shoot Portra and Tri X natively?
These ideas simply have too much power!!!
First!