Geoffrey S. Mendelson schrieb:
> Art wrote:
>> I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
>> almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production
back
>> to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be
all
>> over for film in 10 years.
>
> Sorry for the joke, but I guess that "Lucky" wasn't. Honestly if Kodak
> film lasts 10 years, I'd be really surprised. Kodak has to sell a large
> number of rolls of film in order to make it worth selling any at all.
>
> Smaller companies have less overhead, so they will stay profitable
filling
> a niche with film. Ilford is making an effort to do so, and there are a
> few producers in Europe (EFKE, MACO).
Yes, Efke sucks more and more (Adox already filled Ilfords HP5+ into
containers for 100 ASA-film where Efke was expected) and Maco is getting
worse. They have "Rollei" film and use masterrolls, produced for 35mm
film, to cut out 120 (or the other way round?).
Beside this, kodak won't die.
Andreas
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