The first edition was published in 2010. In 94-pages, it gives a high level view of film manufacturing technology. It is suitable for those with a general interest in photography and is easily understood by high school students. It explains how film is made in a state-of-the-art factory. The second edition gives far more information in its 470-pages.
In addition to the information in the 1st edition the 2nd edition adds:
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History of film base manufacturing including American Film, cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, Estar Base and others.
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Expanded discussion of historic and modern emulsion making processes and equipment.
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History of coating technology and expanded discussion of curtain coating including photographs of an operating Kodak curtain coater and the thread-up path of Kodak’s Building 38 Film Coating Machine.
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Expanded description and photographs of finished film configurations and the finishing processes. Of special interest is motion picture film finishing using high speed T-perforators.
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Detailed descriptions of photographic film image forming mechanisms for black-and-white films, color negative films, Ektachrome Films, and Kodachrome Films.
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Technical descriptions and history of Kodak Films that are used for consumer, professional, motion picture, x-ray, micrographic, graphic, aerial, and scientific applications.
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Description of past and current Kodak Worldwide manufacturing plants, interactions between the plants, and technology transfers.
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First-hand description of working in Kodak’s film business in the 1980’s.
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Information based on private communications with over 100 photographic experts.
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Addition of over 225 photographs and diagrams.
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Identification of sources of information; over 600 footnoted references.
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A table of figures and an index to facilitate finding information in the book.
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The book is 470 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches and four-color printed on 80-pound glossy paper. It is gloss-film lamination hard-cover bound. Shipping weight is 5 pounds. It was printed and bound in Rochester, NY USA.
There are 402 figures. It contains over six times more words than the 1st edition. It is printed on a HP Indigo Digital Press. The color quality is excellent. To assure book quality, the author personally inspects every book. Books have been destroyed that were not the highest quality.