Seems everybody is talking about this thing, that series of images are consistently the most viewed photos on my flickr site.
*waves hello to forum*
If it is all legitimate, all the best of luck to the guy.
It is, and thanks.
And now to clarify some points. I do not know much more than 35mm when it comes to film. The person building the machine, however, is indeed a retired chemist from Kodak.
This is not a commercial venture, nor is it "just for fun". The builder is wanting to seriously research new emulsions, and built the machine as a means of obtaining consistent and reliable coating this emulsion.
There are no scratching problems, and the only uniformity issue is due to bearing rumble in the coating roller which has several possible and complimentary solutions.
If you look at the original link, there is an image taken through his microscope showing one of his test coatings with multiple layers. This was obviously a non-active emulsion just to see how it went.
Stay tuned, this machine won't go away soon. I will try to document what he builds and creates, but a lot of it he doesn't want to talk about. (Especially recipes and stuff)
Thanks for the interest, be assured it is real and more importantly, possible.
