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Author Topic: Life without film cleaners John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-01-2003 06:18 AM                     As long as you're submitting, Joe, don't forget that the nominations deadline for the scientific and technical achievements Academy Awards is today, August 1st 2003. But on a more serious note, the award Kodak got is not because PTRs are good for the environment. It's because they promoted PTRs and marketted them to major users of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (presumably they mean labs here, not booths that use it to clean off masking tape splices). As far as I can tell, there has been no similar marketting of media cleaners, by Kelmar or anybody else. FilmGuard itself has some advertising, but not very much that I see. So in the marketting department, FG could do a lot more. Maybe something like a strategic partnership with a projector vendor, etc. Or since Kodak canned Film Notes for Reel People, maybe it's a perfect openning to start a print publication, Film-Tech Notes for Reel People (actually, that might be infringing on Kodak's IP, but you get the idea). --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-01-2003 07:19 AM                        jhawk wrote: quote: ...the award Kodak got is not because PTRs are good for the environment... PTRs have allowed film labs and film-to-video transfer facilities to eliminate the use of millions of pounds of ozone depleting chemicals. How is that not "good for the environment"??? Although Kodak has discontinued the publication of "snail mail" versions of "Film Notes for Reel People" and "Cinema Notes", the Kodak website contains many of the articles, and a wealth of other film handling information. Brad has been able to post all the back issues in the "Manuals" section of Film-Tech. Kodak also actively participates in numerous Internet User Groups and in presenting tutorials and technical papers at industry conventions.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-01-2003 07:48 AM                     John, I was not clear enough, sorry about that. When I said, "...not because PTRs are good for the environment," I meant that in of themselves, PTRs do not have much of a direct positive environmental impact. Their impact is indirect, in that they enable users to stop using environmentally-unfriendly technology. It seems to me that the award did not go to Kodak for developing an inert plastic roller--the award went to Kodak for convincing people to stop using nasty chemicals (and to use the inert plastic roller instead). --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-01-2003 07:56 AM                        jhawk wrote: quote: It seems to me that the award did not go to Kodak for developing an inert plastic roller--the award went to Kodak for convincing people to stop using nasty chemicals (and to use the inert plastic roller instead). They go hand-in-hand. Developing great technology is fruitless unless people actually USE it. Kodak has always tried to follow George Eastman's philosophy of "You push the button, we do the rest" in developing and marketing technology that enables customers to use our products with ease.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-01-2003 03:50 PM                     Carmine, You don't have to have the media cleaner to use FilmGuard. As is shown in the instructions that accompany the kits, you can take a couple of paper towels, fold them over twice on themselves, spray FG onto your "paper towel pad" (saturate the entire surface) and use it that way for lubricating, print shedding and static control. All you need to do is start the platter spinning (jam something in the brain or use a MUT) and wipe from edge to center so that there is a "wet" appearance to the edge. Then wind the film upside down on the next show and repeat for the other side. Although this trick can't actually wipe the dirt off of the image area, if you are starting with new prints, this will greatly extend the "like new" appearance of the projected image as well as the other benefits above (cuts static, cuts shedding, lubricates print).  |  IP: Logged Carmine Occhino Film Handler Posts: 27 From: New york city Registered: May 2003 posted 08-03-2003 12:01 AM                     Thanks for the info Brad...as soon as management wises up and gets me the bottle I look foward to using it  |  IP: Logged

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