According to a british neg cutter on the cinematography forum, ORWO hs also stopped production of their black leader.
One suggestion to conserve stock for neg cutting was to use only a foot of real black leader on each end, slug in between, giving the lab enough time to close the lamp for that section. best Chris > I suppose this is old news by now, but discontinued in March... > > http://motion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/PCN030214_Q.pdf > > 6-mil Kodak Opaque Black Acetate Leaders... in all formats. > > I am aware that the magnetic film Kodak carries is made by Pyral, however > I > am surprised to see 16mm magnetic film > stay in the catalogue longer than all formats of black leader. > > I haven't looked around much yet, but I suppose ORWO still carries black > leader... who else? > > > Alain > > > -- > 40 FRAMES > Alain LeTourneau > Pam Minty > > 40 FRAMES > 5232 North Williams Avenue > Portland, Oregon 97217 > USA > > +1 503 231 6548 > www.40frames.org > www.16mmdirectory.org > www.emptyquarterfilm.org > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks