Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN shares it as a fun short factory tour showing that film is still manufactured.
What it is
A behind-the-scenes tour of the ILFORD factory in Mobberley, England, showing how black and white film, paper and chemicals are made. It walks through emulsion making, coating, finishing, QC and distribution.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends anfractuosity · 2020-01 · on “Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film”
On the topic of film, this little short video "Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory" is cool - [this video] They also have a lab that do b&w prints from digital files on photo paper interestingly.
Recommends piffey · 2022-03 · on “Kodak factory tour: How does Kodak make film? [video]”
The Ilford factory video is a fun watch: [this video] There are also a few new film producers coming around. Film Ferrania ( [LINK] ) I'm most excited about as it's the first new analog film factory built. You can see a full list of current film producers and film stocks here: [LINK]
Cites throw0101a · 2020-08 · on “The Market for Discontinued Photographic Film”
ILFORD still makes film. They have a tour of their factory on their YouTube channel: * [this video] See also The Impossible Project, some folks who reverse engineered how to make Polaroid instant film: * [LINK] * [LINK]