Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Oct 19 03:37:11 2006
References: <000001c6f308$4090b0b0$6601a8c0@asus930> <001801c6f31c$60f09050$a302a8c0@ted>

We used to have the best Kodachrome set up and turn around in the  
world: I'm sending off a roll this week, so we will see how long it  
takes: perhaps forever ;-)

On 19/10/2006, at 11:16, Ted Grant wrote:

> G Hopkinson said:
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film
>
>
>> Thanks Chris, for the information. Until fairly recently we had a  
>> Kodak production facility within Australia, too. <<<<<<<,,
>
> Hi Hoppy,
> You might find this interesting, that during the Commonwealth Games  
> in Auckland, N.Z 1990 all our Kodachrome film was flown to  
> Australia every evening, souped, mounted and returned the next  
> morning to the Media Press Centre for us to pick-up and edit!
>
> All E-6 type films were processed in Auckland on about 2 hour basis.
>
> ted
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 been around for a while (at least long enough to run out of date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
>>
>>
>>
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