Shooting Film Isn T Vegan Friendly And Ilford Explains Why
On the page dedicated to vegans’ concerns, Ilford explains that their film and paper products contain gelatin. If you’re a vegan or vegetarian, you know that there are alternatives to gelatin for preparing food. So, why can’t it be substituted for something else in film and paper products? Well, Ilford explains that gelatin has unique characteristics which prevent the film from becoming fragile, slow and with a short life. These characteristics “act as a membrane matrix for the silver crystals but also interact with the crystals as they are formed....