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How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 1 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 271

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What it is

Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day tours a Kodak factory to show how photographic film is manufactured. This is part one of a three-part series covering the large-scale coating and production process.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN viewers find the film manufacturing process and the engineering behind it fascinating, especially the continuous roll changes.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “How they manage to change the rolling without stoping the production is fascinating!”

    Fascinating continuous roll change in production.

    punnerud, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Kodak factory tour: How does Kodak make film? [video]”

  2. “The amount of process and technical knowledge and experience that went into this is absolutely impressive.”

    Impressive engineering in Kodak's film factory.

    gregmac, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “The Kodak Disc Camera”

  3. “it’s a fascinating look at the process of film manufacturing”

    Fascinating look at film manufacturing.

    Mobius01, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “Kodak Is Hiring Film Technicians: ‘We Cannot Keep Up with Demand’”

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Topics: kodak, photographic film, factory tour, manufacturing, engineering

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