K'odak or Kodak

[dxphoto]

I bought a tin for tri-x 400 (400tx) from b&h. It is marked as

important. I got my first two rolls developed and I found it's quite

different from the 400TX rolls i bought from the local store. I have

not done any printing yet so I cannot really say too much but the film

base are different. the imported gives me kind thinner feeling.

I check the print on the film. The imported says "K'ODAK" while the

USA says "KODAK". I dont know if any of you guys know the difference.

 

Thanks.

[johndc]

It's marked as <i>important</i>?

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Do you mean <b><i>import</i></b>?

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Sorry, but that's hilarious.

[daniel_janssen]

I do not know, but it is typical for fake products to make those small changes in the name.

[dxphoto]

sorry, typo

and it should be USAW - "Film manufactured in the USA for Worldwide distribution". Not USA

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=29165&is=USAW

[john_shriver]

Kodak puts various dots and dashes about the edge printing to identify what plant the film was manufactured at, and the date of manufacture. There is probably some information on this somewhere on their large website.

 

There are subtle differences in Kodak films (of the same brand) made for different markets. Slight shitfs in the color balance to suit the taste of the target market.

[frank.schifano]

Color balance? Tri-X? Huh?

[lex_jenkins]

Do us all a favor and e-mail Kodak USA offering to send them an unexposed roll to examine. If this is some kind of bootlegged or counterfeit crap they need to know about it, pronto.

[silent1]

Seems to me the last time this came up the conclusion was that the "K'odak" was perfectly ordinary "world market" film. Can't find that thread now, though...

[ole_tjugen]

"K'odak" is perfectly normal, at least in this part of the world. I'm not even sure if I've ever seen "Kodak" without the '?

[artflei]

What you bought (linked to) is TX for bulk loading, not 400TX!

Two different versions of Tri-X - TX (old) and 400TX (new)!

I once bought bulk-loaded rolls of 400TX and also noticed the "K'ODAK" on the film, so I think that's perfectly normal. Looks like the film for bulk-loading is marked that way...

[Zootman]

The last bulk roll I bought (about a year ago) is marked Kodak 400tx. That was purchased from B and H and was imported. I have noticed no difference between it and the other rolls of 400tx I have been shooting.

[artflei]

To me <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=29165&is=USAW">this</a> looks like the old Tri-X (TX). D notLast, what is printed on the film? "K'ODAK TX" or "K'ODAK 400TX"?

[dxphoto]

K'ODAK 400TX, why?

[dxphoto]

it is not imported, it is USAW. according to B&H, this means made in USA and distribute to the rest of the world but usa.

[silent1]

The picture on the B&H page referenced is the old film, but I'm sure B&H is selling the new -- the very last of the old TX is very close to expiration now, I believe, since 400TX has been in production for more than two years. Notice the tag, "picture for illustrative purposes only" -- I'd guess the film you get comes only in the tin, not the cardboard box, and as D notLast confirmed it's marked as 400TX.

 

Don't worry about it, D -- it's just "gray market" film (which I thought B&H had been forced to stop selling in this country). It's the same emulsion. The thinner base may be due to the change in coating plant; seems to me the 400TX is all on thinner base than the old TX (same base as TMY, most likely); at least, the USA sale factory cassettes of 400TX I've used seem like thinner or more flexible base than the old bulk-load TX (expired 2001) that I've been using recently (which cost about 1/4 what new 400TX would have in the same bulk size).

[Aoresteen]

Here are some links for dating & identifying Kodak films. The Astrick in SAFTEY depicks where the film was made:

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Factory Identification Code Symbols

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Rochester USA S?AFETY

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Canada SA?FETY

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Harrow England SAF?ETY

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France SAFE?TY

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Australia SAFET?Y

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<a href="http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f1/ekcode.html">http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f1/ekcode.html</a>

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<a href="http://www.film-center.com/dates.html">http://www.film-center.com/dates.html</a>

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<a href="http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1/identificationP.shtml

">http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1/identificationP.shtml

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