As you may or may not know, Kodak sells a huge amount of film to cinema studios. This footage is branded Vision 3, which is different from all other Kodak emulsions we put in still cameras. The main difference, until now, has been the remjet layer — a black carbon deposit on the back of the film that has to be washed off before development (or risk ruining the chemicals and the film itself).
This month, Kodak announced that they’ve reformulated their motion picture films to no longer require remjet, meaning they can be developed like any other colour-negative (in either C-41 or ECN-2).
Together, we unpack this technology, what it means for film photography and photography in general. Daren and Dmitri also touch on related subjects, like grain simulations, what it takes to stand out in the crowd photography space, and why we love the analogue process.
We also chat about our own efforts to replicate CineStill 800T at home.
“We’re always going to have sick people, why can’t we also have sick film?”
— Dmitri, on why Fujifilm should start investing in film again, a product that’s been sidelined by the company in favour of the more profitable medical research.
Daren runs a YouTube channel, @LearnFilmPhotography, and the learnfilm.photography blog. We live in the same city and did a lot of collabs in the past. You can find some of them here: analog.cafe/@daren.zomerma….
Dmitri Aug 5, ‘25
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