Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Chris, for the information. Until fairly recently we had a Kodak production facility within Australia, too. Some paper certainly was made here. I don't recall the specifics on what film. The USA vs grey market situation is an interesting one. Of course not to suggest that imported film in USA might be inferior. Rather a marketing issue, I imagine. This particular film is actually marked Made in USA. It is EBX 135. So I presume it has been around for a while (at least long enough to run out of date here). Just not something I have noticed previously. Very likely because I use all Fujifilm products currently. Regarding the few rolls I got, it was 20% of its marked retail price (and 8% of the Velvia 100F I later located). So I'll use it up on non-vital stuff. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Williams Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 09:05 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Re:Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film In the US we would call that "Vivid Colour" gray market film. Film produced in India, Malaysia, or China not meant to be sold overseas. As Kodak and Fuji film/chemistry prices rose over the past decade many smaller local shops started buying gray market as they could not longer afford to buy in large bulk from Kodak or Fuji. Not trying to start a USA vs Gray argument at all. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Hopkinson" Subject: RE: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film However I haven't paid close attention to the Kodak activity recently. This week on a short > break, I exhausted all of the Velvia in my bag and had to locate film sellers in a small capital city. The friendly Kodak dealer > sold me all of their EliteChrome for a pittance (being very short dated). There were several rolls marked Vivid Colour, which I > hadn't seen previously. > Cheers > Hoppy _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information