Herb, A local shop with which I'm associated was recently told that Agfa, Germany, has declared bankruptcy. This is after recently purchasing $200,000 Agfa D lab. They were, also, notified that chemical containers (?) designed for convenient use will not be available in the near future. I'm not a consistent, thorough list monitor, so this is possibly dated info. FWIW
Jack --- Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it all depends on how much it cost to develop this new emulsion. > movie film > is the last holdout of any consequence, and worldwide regular film > sales are > declining faster than Kodak forecasts, so anything to hold that off a > little > longer is worth trying. Fuji is close to being in the same straits. > strangely enough, Agfa is suffering least because most of its films > in the > US are sold as house brands and they are declining the least rapidly. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:08 PM > Subject: Re: New film from Kodak > > > > Of course. I misinterpreted your previous post. It's only a matter > of time > > before it all disappears. I'm surprised they're working so hard to > prolong > > the inevitable. Although I suppose there is still profit to be made > in > > supplying the last wave of film shooting cinematographers. Of > course this > > use goes much beyond major motion pictures, since a lot of > commercial > > production is still shot on film. But it's all changing. > > > __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
