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The first edition of this book was a nice success published in 2010. In 94-pages it gave a high level view of film technology. The second edition gives far more detail in its 470-pages. The first edition provided a great deal of information that had never been published. Nearly all of the additional information in the new book has never been published.
The 2nd edition includes additional 225 illustrations and over 600 footnoted references, and the following additions:
- History of film base manufacturing including American Film, cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, Estar Base and others.
- Expanded discussion of historic and modern emulsion making processes and equipment.
- History of coating technology and expanded discussion of curtain coating including photographs of an operating Kodak curtain coater and the thread-up path of Kodak’s Building 38 Film Coating Machine.
- Expanded description and photographs of finished film configurations and the finishing processes. Of special interest is motion picture film finishing using high speed T-perforators.
- Detailed descriptions of photographic film image forming mechanisms for black-and-white films, color negative films, Ektachrome Films, and Kodachrome Films.
- Technical descriptions and history of Kodak Films that are used for consumer, professional, motion picture, x-ray, micrographic, graphic, aerial, and scientific applications.
- Description of past and current Kodak Worldwide manufacturing plants, interactions between the plants, and technology transfers.
- First-hand description of working in Kodak’s film business in the 1980’s.
- Information based on private communications with over 100 photographic experts.
The book is 470 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches and four-color printed on 80-pound gloss paper. It is gloss-film lamination hard-cover bound. It was printed and bound in Rochester, NY, USA and will be available for purchase starting from 10th November 2016.
More information: http://www.makingkodakfilm.com/
