| Picture: Lucky movie |
Enthusiasts of the film can be rejoiced, as it seems that the film resurrection is still getting stronger. The Chinese film company Lucky film released a teaser on its Instagram account, which announced that there is a new colorful film on the way. Its Bare bones website It is said that the offer will be a “absolutely new, true original C -41 color negative 35 mm film”.
Lucky film is not a new company in any way. The company also started production of two black and white film stocks in March last year. My local film lab was sent to something at the end of last year, as well as with a letter that provided more reference on the company and the upcoming film stock. It explained that it used to be an OEM factory for Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak helped produce more than 50 million rolls of the film. However, its contract with Kodak was terminated as a result of the rapid rise of digital photography in 2007. Nevertheless, Lucky film produced three colors negative films (GBR 100, GBR 200 and GBR 400) between 2003 and 2012, but it has been at an interval from producing the film for more than a decade.
The letter stated that the company had to go around Kodak’s patent and raw material control and hired a team of chemists to do some reverse engineering. It expected the color film to be prepared at the end of 2024, but it seems that things took a little longer than anticipated.
The details on the new color film stock are very thin, but the lucky film website says it can “bear today’s photographers.” The letter to the reformed film Lab also promised that it would be “the world’s cheapest film”. Given the high price of the film, it would be great to have a more economical option on the market. Unfortunately, no specific dates are mentioned on the website or Instagram accountSo the wait is still going on.
