Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] ORWO Maco HP5+
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 21:39:02 -0500
References: <200011081832.KAA27400@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

At 12:10 AM 11/9/2000 +0100, Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote:
>Efke says
>they use "German machines" to make their Adox offspring. Most probably
>they purchased the old equipment from Orwo who thus wouldn't be able to
>actually make film anymore.

Bunk, sir.  This is old ADOX formulation developed by a West German company
in 1949.  DuPont later purchased the company and then licensed it to
Fotokemika Zagreb.  There is nothing "East Geman" about EFKE.

Marc

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