Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Und so weiter
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:35:16 -0400
References: <B611DB60.33C%michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>

A lot of old FB papers live on as Luminos.  Really beautiful papers.

Mike Johnston wrote:

> > (I am old enough to recall HP-3!)  Kodak has been
> > most anxious to dump all fibre-based papers, and Ilford has kept producing
> > them.  Und so weiter.
>
> Sadly too true. The reality is probably that bean-counters infest all
> companies these days, and long-established, well-beloved products are
> vulnerable to their sales figures. I *do* think Ilford has a proclivity to
> replace or substantially modify many of their main products after a run of a
> decade or so, or at any rate it has done so several times to my annoyance.
> How long was the original Delta 400 on the market, anyone remember? I
> beta-tested some prior to 1992, but I don't recall exactly when.
>
> --Mike

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