The Bubble, Burst
03/02/2012
It pains me greatly to receive confirmation of what vegetarians and vegans who want to shoot film photographs everywhere already suspected, courtesy of ADOX (if you shoot film, buy some of this because I can't [won't]).
There are no silver halide (light sensitive) films in the entire world which use a different colloid than gelatine. It is technically impossible to replace gelatin. Hundreds of scientists have tried to do so in the 60ies and 70ies but the industry gave up and kept the gelatine. We all hate this because gelatine causes problems all the time due to its inconsistent organic mixture up but we have to live with it or stop making silver halide products. Kind regards, Mirko ADOX