How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 2 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 275

I work in this building at Kodak and do various types of testing. I am still a newer employee and this was so helpful for me to understand the whole process and how so many things might impact the final product. I heard supervisors saying they were going to have new employees to the building watch this video so that they can get a better understanding of what they are doing as well. Very awesome video. I can't wait until part 3.

This whole thing is an incredible display of the economies of scale. It’s such a wildly complex process, requiring a lot of space, machines, energy, and people to be involved, but yet film is relatively cheap. That’s really an amazing thing to see, thanks for sharing.

I worked at Kodak from 1976 to 2006 in Rochester. I was fortunate to have worked in support of film manufacturing all those years and spent 12 years in the Film Sensitizing area as a conveyance engineer responsible for a variety of process equipment. I worked in the older coating machines that were built before that machine shown in this video, which weren't quite as sophisticated as this machine. But, the older machine were just as thoughtflly designed, constructed and operated as this one, since that excellence is what enabled Kodak to make world class products affordably and reliably. Kodak was always about quality and excellence. I want to thank Kodak for allowing this tour and documentation because it illustrates the character and ability of the people who made the company great.

Another thing about this is that Kodak is probably going to get more business from this than they think... Showing exactly how you make your products and all this stuff is so refreshing for a company to do. Showing us and educating us lets us really appreciate their product even more. Especially from those of us who are not photographers.

2:59 Huh…so the “3D pipes” screen saver we all ran in the 90s was really Kodak crowd-sourcing optimized factory layouts? Neat!

This dude explaining everything, I love him. He knows what he's doing, knows how to explain it in a not super simple but very understandable way. Could listen to him all day about his work.

Big thanks to Kodak for an extensive tour. They were really generous with their time and details they shared. The thing is 20 years ago, it would be impossible, as there is so many proprietary tech and engineering tricks shown here, but as now there is basically no competition in the field, it can be finally reveled. You are looking at combined million hours of engineering efforts and improvements. The laminar flow layering and curtain is super smart and mind blowing.

Working at Agfa-Gevaert for 37 years as coating technologist it's amazing to see how Kodak approached the coating and drying of film. Although mainly the same technology as Agfa uses, there are differences interesting to see. Years ago what is shown here would be TOP SECRET and we would have been looking and analyzing this video with lots of managers, technologists and technicians. As classic silver based photography is in a decline for some years, interest nowadays disappeared dramatically. Most interesting for me was the set-up of curtain coating as it was my speciality for many years. Well done!

When your process by itself prevents competitors from even trying... then there is no more secrets of manufacturing to hide... just love it

I'm Kodak's scanner tech for this coating machine but somehow I missed Destin coming through, ugh! Wish I could've talked to him and shown how we scan our products for defects! If anyone has any questions about the process, just let me know!

Destin, I just hope you can step back and see what you're doing with in depth videos like this. Sure, they're entertaining and fun, but you're creating historical artifacts. You're making certain that people like Jeff, and the systems they create and caretake have a little place recorded in history. Truly a worthwhile endeavor. Thank you.

Thank you for this great video. I worked 33 years in the Research Labs at Kodak and was always told that coating and emulsion prepartaion was proprietary and hidden behind the "silver curtain." I was never able to get behind that door, in spite of the fact that I was a "film builder." I can now look at what I was able to accomplish there in the Research Labs with a sense of awe considering all of the coatings and chemicals we tested while building films.

I work as a coating process engineer and i love this series, so cool to see other companies coatings

I was wondering when this episode would be published. And now I have something to look forward to when I'm done at work. 😊

Thanks KODAK for allowing this visit. Absolutely fascinating and mind boggling more involved than one could ever imagine. Well done to the team for capturing this and sharing. I will NEVER look at a roll of film the same way again!

I started photography and filmmaking in 1982 at the age of 12, and have never stopped. Digital just never did it for me. I've also worked in film archiving and preservation and can identify almost any Kodak stock made since the 1950s. Seeing this video is very emotional for me. To finally see a process I tried to imagine but was never really sure about. To know the faces and voices involved--it's like I already knew them in some way. How very small one's individual perspective can be. This video is really important--expansively important! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for it, and especially I wish I could shake the hand of every one of the kind and very real people at Kodak who have played such big role in my life for these 40 years.

Destin thank you so much for this series. My dad spent 34 years at Kodak in these very same buildings and never quite understood exactly what he did. Tomorrow we are going to sit down and watch these first two episodes and I cannot wait to hear his input. My dad is my hero and a man that I have so much respect for. My grandma, Grandpa and many other family and friends made their entire careers in these same buildings. It's a huge part of Rochester New York and it makes me very sad what happened to this company and how many people's lives were destroyed when they did what all corporations do but we won't go into that. I'm just glad that you are preserving what's left of a icon in the film industry. Thank you from the bottom of my heart you're a good man and I always look forward to your next videos. I have three old Kodak cameras in my grandparents basement (now my dad's house) that I plan on reviving and using and I thank you for recommending this idea. I can't wait to get started

A year ago a certain video was posted on this channel that led to a severe and debilitating addiction in my life. I have so far collected 14 camera's in 3 formats, a large format camera is on the way, and I have to keep a second refrigerator for my film. Most of the storage space in my house is now taken up by chemistry for color, black and white and paper. A whole room of my house has now been taken over by my darkroom requirements. Destin is responsible... There must be justice... Kidding aside, these videos have without a doubt played a significant part in bringing back analog photography. Huge thanks, the hobby and learning more about it is awesome. Also, when is the video coming about escapements?

When is part 3 coming?? I check every week!

Loved this Destin. Glad you're doing long-form content despite potential algorithmic disadvantages.