Movie Friday: Meet Luminar 100, a brand new 35mm colour movie inventory comprised of Kodak Aerocolor IV aerial movie: Digital Images Overview

Because the movie revival continues robust, one other new colour movie inventory has been launched, this time by Montreal-based Popho Digital camera Firm. And in contrast to different respooled rolls of movie, Popho Digital camera Firm comes proper out and says what its new Luminar 100 movie inventory is: respooled Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460, traditionally used for aerial surveillance.

Popho Luminar 100 is a daylight-balanced colour destructive movie inventory that Popho describes as having ‘medium saturation and distinction’ with ‘heat tones, enhanced crimson sensitivity and a large dynamic vary.’ Popho notes the movie inventory is ‘well-suited for panorama and different basic photographic purposes.’

Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.	Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.

Kodak, in its information sheet for Aerocolor IV 2460, says the movie makes use of the corporate’s 3.9-mil (0.10mm) ESTAR Base with gel backing for ‘flexibility, moisture resistance, excessive tear resistance, and wonderful dimensional stability’ and has an ‘abrasion-resistant emulsion, an antihalation undercoat, and a dyed-gel backing.’ Kodak additionally says the movie doesn’t have integral colour masking,

Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.

Popho Luminar 100 is factory-spooled onto 36-exposure recyclable plastic cassettes in 35mm format and makes use of commonplace C-41 processing. There’s no DX coding on the cassettes at launch, however Popho says its planning so as to add it within the ‘close to future.’

Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.	Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.

In contrast to most of the current movie shares we’ve seen pop up, Luminar 100 isn’t a restricted launch, which means it ought to be round for years to come back.

36-exposure rolls of Popho Luminar 100 can be found to pre-order for $10.51 every. This isn’t a crowdfunding marketing campaign and the primary items are produced and might be shipped out (with out the paper field) by mid-January 2023. We’ve pre-ordered a roll and can function the outcomes as soon as we shoot and develop the movie after its arrival.

Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.	Luminar 100 pattern picture, supplied by Popho Digital camera Firm.

To search out out extra about Popho Luminar 100 and the corporate behind it, head on over to the Popho Digital camera Firm web site.