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Kodak has announced the discontinuation of Eastman Plus-X Negative Film 7231. Shooting 100 ft loads of 7231 is one of the true joys of using the Arriflex 16S cameras. The Black & White images you create with this film cannot be matched by anything shot digitally, no matter what method you use to desaturate the colors.
If you, like I, are upset about this development, I encourage you to contact your Kodak Sales Rep. and send an email to be forwarded on to the folks in management of the Kodak Motion Picture department. Below is a copy of the email I sent. Maybe if we all work together, we can encourage them to reverse this decision.
Here's the email I sent:
To Kodak Motion Picture Management,
It was with sadness and dismay that I read of the discontinuation of Eastman Plus-X Negative Film 7231.
One of the great things about shooting 16mm film (as opposed to digital) is the beauty of Black & White. There still isn't a way to "desaturate" digitally captured color to get the same rich blacks, bright whites, and beautiful grays that you get from black & white negative film. And in the 16mm format, there is no better Black & White film than Plus-X Negative 7231.
Double-X, 7222, is not a substitute in 16mm. The grain structure of 7222 is overwhelming when blown up from such a small negative. 5222 is a beautiful stock, as demonstrated by Gordon Willis in "Manhattan" and by Stephen H. Burum in "Rumble Fish", but 35mm 5222 doesn't need the extreme enlargement that 16mm 7222 does.
Is there a way to continue 7231 and 5222 while eliminating 7222 and 5231. That would seem to be a good compromise if Kodak is trying to decrease their Black & White offerings.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
-Tim Carroll
tim@arri16s.com
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