Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Newspaper report this morning, Fuji has applied for permission (German monopolies commission) to allow them to make an offer for the processing lab equipment division of AGFA. Douglas PHC wrote: > Spot on Feli. > > As you say the big fall-off is in colour neg film, and no wonder! 99% > of colour neg was shot by people with P&S cameras at parties or on > holiday. That market simply won't exist in a couple of years. > > But B&W is different. I seem to recall that Kodak built a new plant > for B&W when they launched the new Tri-X and I expect that'll keep > going for decades, even if Kodak sell it off. Quite strange in a world > where digital chip plants are built, operated and destroyed within a > few years. > > I'd say Kodak got it about right with the film to digital thing. The > big loss is no surprise at this stage. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > ******* > > On 19 Oct 2005, at 23:27, feli wrote: > >> I wonder what the breakdown is. I suspect that color negative film sales >> are dropping like a rock, with slide film in second place. I wonder >> how much >> black and white sales are down, since it's already sort fo a vertical >> market. >> >> I've had my Canon 5D for about two weeks now. It's a very nice >> camera, but frankly >> I still prefer Tri-X and my M cameras. I really miss the dynamic >> range of film. Shooting >> digital, is like slide film, with an extra stop or two of range. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >