The other way to look at it is that it clears the marketplace for other
specialist, dedicated manufacturers of b&w products. I have happily
lived without Kodak paper since the days of Medalist and Kodabrom. I
hear they have made some very nice papers in the last few years, but
given Kodak's capricious approach to papers for "fine art" b&w
printing, I decided to stay away and work with Ilford, Zone VI
Brilliant, etc.
I think Tri-X will be the last b&w product from Eastman to bite the
dust, but I wouldn't want to place any wagers on when that will be.
The new CEO at the helm has proven that he can be quite aggressive in
cutting products he doesn't feel are in their key business interests.
I wouldn't expand this to include the deathknell for all analog b&w,
even though it can certainly feel like it.
Earl
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew McPhee <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2005 2:19 am
Subject: [OM] Re: Kodak doing away with Black and White Papers
> As much as I am trying to be optimistic, it's another brick in the
> crumbling wall of traditional b&w photography.
>
> I wonder how all this is going to pan out. How long will it be
> until Tri-X
> bites the dust? My photographic pleasures are being forcefully
> taken away
> and it hurts. A guy can't shoot if he ain't got no bullets.
>
> For so many years I couldn't afford extra bodies or lenses, I've
> just spent
> the last year building up my Oly/Zuiko kit only to find it's fast
> becoming
> a collection of museum pieces.
>
> I feel like I've arrived at the party just when everyone's going
> home...
> Andrew McPhee
>
> PS. Here's a link to the thread on APUG forums about the Kodak
> announcement:http://www.apug.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16375
>
>
>
> At 11:35 PM 15/06/2005 -0400, Ali wrote:
> >"Kodak said Wednesday it will discontinue production of the paper,
> >specially designed for black-and-white film, at the end of this year.
> >But the world's biggest film manufacturer will continue to make
> >black-and-white film and chemicals for processing."
>
>
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