Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] New Kodak company to continue selling film - British Journal of Photography
From: jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:48:55 -0400
References: <CAFuU78dzY4r4aB1tSF8YJZQ5Z=v+OOeiDnNUkt7PNiLJhA9j-A@mail.gmail.com> <CAN4TZQ5Lau8JgzBf=zGSsrbhK975eP3PFRa8-_wnVhampQ08+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Which is an interesting point: demand.
The last of the decent (though not exotic, such as a Leica or Nikon F6)
35mm cameras were made about fifteen years ago.  Even on Craigslist decent
film cameras (such as Pentax K1000) are getting to be a scarce sight.
Very, very few people on this list regularly shoot film.  Regularly to me
means about once a week.
Film has to be made in very large runs, or else it's not financially
feasible.
Given the recent price rises in film, I don't know how many tri-x takers
will be eager to expose 36 frame for five bucks (before processing).  If
you think that's bad, consider 36 exposures of Velvia 50 for $12!

Sounds like I'll have to start practicing with my FILCA cassettes.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Chris Saganich
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 5:37 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] New Kodak company to continue selling film - British
Journal of Photography

As long as the  demand doesn't dry up... TriX forever


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Of course, there's no telling exactly what the "current portfolio" is
> (Tri-X? TX, TXP and T-Max are listed), but potentially good news:
>
>
>
> http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2296502/
> new-kodak-company-to-continue-selling-film
>
> and
>
> http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/alaris/alaris.htm
>
> _______________________________________________
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] New Kodak company to continue selling film - British Journal of Photography)
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