Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isn't this death notice a bit premature? From what I've read, Kodak has only announced its intention to sell their film division. They also said that film production will continue with the current product line. The intellectual property for the sale, the formulary, product names, logos, are an intrinsic part of any sale. Of course, eventually there will likely not be enough demand for the product, as we go further and further away from.the analog camera era. But then, eventually well be gone, too (g). Jim Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> Date: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:28 am Subject: [Leica] TRI-X: RIP To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> I can't get too upset about it. The recent tri-x, with all it's 'improvements' wasn't the tri-x everyone is beating their chests about anyway. I know many have very loyal, nostalgic feelings about this and an imagined connection to past great photographers, but they missed the bus some time ago, imo. My main iso 400 film has been HP5+ for years and the Freestyle emulsions (whoever makes them) aren't bad either. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information