With the tsunami of digital cameras, several film manufacturers, as well as camera manufactures, have given up. So it is with much excitement that those using film greet the news of a new manufacturer of black and white film. Most of the images floating around in my head are in color but a few are in glorious black and white so I'm most interested in the future of black and white film. One of the recent companies that bailed out of film was Agfa. Now, the company I buy my black and white film from: JandC Photo, has apparently bought some of the Agfa film manufacturing machines and is going to be rolling their own, so to speak.

JandC Photo

As many of our customers know we have spent the last few months looking at how to best provide as many film choices as possible. We have looked at many ways to bring new films to the market. This includes plans going forward right now to operate our own coating facility and producing high quality films in various formulations. Over the next 18-24 months we are planning on introducing the following films to the market. All films we produce will be available in 35mm roll and sheet film formats. ISO 25 film with fully panchromatic spectral sensitivity. ISO 100 film with fully panchromatic sensitivity and designed to be ideal for alt processes requiring high density. Specially designed for minimal reciprocity failure ISO 400 film fully panchromatic multi layer film designed for minimal reciprocity failure at rated speed.

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Here are a couple of links to forum threads about this wondrous news.

Good News for B&W Film Fans

Wonderful news!

I wait with eager antici..........pation!