Adox Interview with Mirko Böddecker || Film Foto Fair

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

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[@JOBOCOM]

Wonderful Interview of ADOX by Nico. Mirko has truly done a tremendous job in keeping analog products alive. We love his MCC FB Paper and the MCC developer. Keep up the good work!

[@IainHC1]

I like this! I like their philosophy! I'm gonna support them! I think we all need to support companies who are trying to support us!!

[@alasdairdougall7868]

Thanks for bringing the interview with Mirko. We need more entrepreneurs like him to make the analogue film industry safe for the next generation. He is certainly an inspiration to all of us.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

He is an amazing person and his work is to be admired. Hope them the best of luck.

[@ropersix]

Very interesting interview, especially about the Forte paper. I had no idea about all that. Also, it's such a pleasure to hear from a person so dedicated to serving the film market, and not just spouting marketing mumbo jumbo. I do like digital, but I like the film community so much more.

[@glenmoralee3]

Thank you Mirko, the whole world owes you for your terrific work. I’m so happy to hear you’re moving all films to clear bases for reversal. Thanks for the great interview Nico.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

He is awesome. We all owe him a lot.

[@placidus_v]

Great interview! Thanks! It's a pleasure to know that such an interesting person stands behind the creation of my favorite film photography shop.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Thanks! Mirko is pretty interesting and very close to the users.

[@ChristianJohansson-papac]

Great intervju!! I use Fotoimpex as one of my supplyer, easy shipping to Sweden and when in Berlin I get my stuff from their store instead of bringing it. I really like the philosophy of the company and will continue whith them👍

[@elangeldelamusica]

Thank you guys! You are both awesome!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Thanks!

[@genegoranov5865]

Thank you Nicolas for very informative interview. Admire your contribution to keep us , film folk, alive!

[@padesig]

Thank you! Great interview!!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Thanks!

[@debaddel]

Very interesting interview, thanks a lot !!!!!

[@euroyank860]

Great edition !!

[@tapiopitkaranta7667]

Thanks for the interesting interview! It was nice to hear how exactly Adox and Fotoimpex are connected, I've been wondering about this. Makes it easy to keep buying stuff from Fotoimpex. I'll have to try Adox paper also.

[@phillipP8848]

Thank you Nico, Again it is great to know what is happening to this market. The ADOX philosophy, I think is correct for the current market, and we all ned to support the companies, Ilford, Adox and others who have continued to supply us and develop new products in a much diminished market place. We as photographers , end users, have a responsibility to support the smaller enterprises, that no longer have the global market that they once had, but without them there will no longer be film photography as we know it today. I support these companies by deciding to purchase specific products, when I can, and paying a little more, again when I can afford it, so that these dedicated suppliers will still be around in 5, 10, or more years. Thanks for the Interview and keeping us informed.

[@odukar2315]

Good to hear that Adox is still improving and building up its resources!

[@ccoppola82]

Very interesting. I’ll be buying some Adox to support!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

I have started using their chemicals and paper. They need as much support as possible.

[@MadisonBeach]

Great Interview!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Thanks!

[@pedrosolorzano1]

Nice interview, long live ADOX.

[@Irnbruist]

super interesting, thanks soo much for sharing!

[@YogaBetter]

So great, thanks!

[@1717jbs]

Great interview!

[@maurolopesmarziano]

fotoimpex is fantastic ! love to buy there

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

They are a fantastic team.

[@muzmix123]

A remarkable story 😎 long live adox 🎞️📸...

[@qnetx]

Thank you for sharing this. I love the philosophy and the passion that drives them. I look forward to supporting them. Maybe one day they will have the available time, resources, and desire to provide a similar emulsion to a film like Fujifilm's discontinued Neopan ACROS 100. I know quite a few photographers besides me looking for an alternative to it.

[@michaeldimmitt2188]

I am an amateur photographer loving older analog gear and would love to understand ADOX’s products better. Their website just offers technical information about the films but I do not know what it really means. Who uses ISO 20 film and for what type of shooting? The question came up but was not answered very well. And if I could shoot their film where can I get it developed?

Us as consumer, we don't even realise the everyday fight of these companies since the early 2000's. Keep film alive!

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

So true, its an everyday battle.

[@ChristopherKblog]

Could you please enable the translation?

[@fishemrock]

Really educational! I think its time for me to try adox iso20

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Me too!!

[@Irnbruist]

and thank god for Adox going all tru this hurdels for not making much profit but for keeping anaolog photography alive

[@flutgraben13]

I am very much in favor of Adox products and never got disappointed. Very reliable and reproducible.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

I glad to hear about that.

[@drfaustens4504]

Thanks Adox for keeping Rodinal in production. I only wish some one could bring Agfa Portriga and Brovira double weight papers back into production.

[@ADOXPHOTO]

Those two were replaced by MCC when the EU banned the intentional use of even slightest amounts of Cadmium. The quantities needed were actually below the natural background threshold but intentional was the killer terminus.

[@drfaustens4504]

​@@ADOXPHOTO Thank you for your kind reply. I had no Idea. One brief question, can I use a cold light head on MCC papers?

[@ADOXPHOTO]

As with any Multigrade Paper you need a "multigrade ready" lightsource. This means the spectrum has to be balanced and wide enough to use the substractive yellow and magenta filtering (leaving green and blue pass). Aristo labeled them "VC or V54" if I recall right. The old style D2 head is not fit. If you use a fixed grade head you can still print with grade 2.

[@drfaustens4504]

@@ADOXPHOTO Thank you very much you have been most helpful.

[@mcarterphoto]

Finally, Polywarmtone is coming back?? Original recipe, no stabilizers? And he freaking said LITH PRINTING... if PWT comes back as a lithable paper, that will be huge for lith printers, and it should make lith printing more accessible. Awesome news all around.

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

He did say it! Its great news and cant wait to try it out.

[@steven_patrick]

What exactly is the long term problem with Tri-Acetate Mirko? I couldn't find any evidence there is one.

[@ADOXPHOTO]

It is falling apart after about 50 years. Try googling the "vinegar syndrom".

[@chipesque]

Now I want to work for Adox

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

Me too! They are awesome.

[@waldojpg]

Adox does a great job and i have no doubt they will do their part to keep film (b&w at least) alive for a long time to come, i use their adonal, fixer and wash. I would love to support them and buy more of their products, but i dont have any use from ASA 50,25 or 100 films, they should look into making a faster film, maybe something exotic that is not yet another hp5 like asa 640 or 800 maybe

[@TXGRunner]

Thank God they appear to have survived the pandemic.

[@clydeinverness1197]

Hola

[@analogclub2834]

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[@NicosPhotographyShow]

KZbin does it on its own. But it takes some time for them to post them. I will check tomorrow to see if its been opted out. Sorry.

[@analogclub2834]

@@NicosPhotographyShow God bless you - Thank you very much. I created a channel similar to your KZbin channel, and I hope to find you support the channel name is (Analog .photo). The idea of your channel is a genius idea. There is no similar channel in Arabic - so I decided to create a similar channel. Greetings to you

[@MihneaIrimia]

I'd love to offer more support to Adox, but I also have to offer support to Foma, Ilford, Kodak, Fuji and Tetenal... The problem as I'm seeing it is that there too much support needed in this industry and there only so much film or chemistry I can afford to buy in a year. I'd wish I could do more, but such is life. My next order will be some Adox 4x5.

[@ChristianJohansson-papac]

Great intervju!! I use Fotoimpex as one of my supplyer, easy shipping to Sweden and when in Berlin I get my stuff from their store instead of bringing it. I really like the philosophy of the company and will continue with them👍