Future of Kodak Photographic Papers?

DaveHodge wrote:

If Kodak is going to discontinue film within 5 years,

Who told you that?

are they going to
discontinue printing papers, too?

As long as they still make money from those, why would they stop making them?
Of course, you cold always buy Fuji printing papers, or many other brands.

If so, I should order a 5-year supply of
paper along wtih my 5-year supply of film!

Why the sudden paranoia? Some article you read?

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

DaveHodge wrote:

If Kodak is going to discontinue film within 5 years,

Who told you that?

are they going to
discontinue printing papers, too?

As long as they still make money from those, why would they stop making them?
Of course, you cold always buy Fuji printing papers, or many other brands.

If so, I should order a 5-year supply of
paper along wtih my 5-year supply of film!

Why the sudden paranoia? Some article you read?

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

If so, I should order a 5-year supply of
paper along wtih my 5-year supply of film!

Why the sudden paranoia? Some article you read?

Someone over in rec.photo.darkroom opined that film might be gone in 5
years. That was just someone's opinion or exaggeration, but you see how it
has taken on a life of its own.

Addendum: Given the longevity of semi-obsolete photographic materials and
formats, I expect *some* film to be around for the next 25 years or more.
Maybe not much, but some.

After all, glass plates were only discontinued (by Kodak) a couple of years
ago.

DaveHodge wrote:
Kodak is going to discontinue film within 5 years,
Who told you that?
A message on this board about a month ago.

Could you please tell us posting time, newsgroup, and author
of that message? I can't find it with a groups.google.com search.

I have a "thing" about the NY Times, Washington Post, and so forth
being unreliable, so when somebody remarks that Usenet is unreliable,
it gets my hackles up.

My theory is that you misinterpreted a post about a specific film
being discontinued.

DaveHodge wrote:
Kodak is going to discontinue film within 5 years,
Who told you that?
A message on this board about a month ago.

Could you please tell us posting time, newsgroup, and author
of that message? I can't find it with a groups.google.com search.

I have a "thing" about the NY Times, Washington Post, and so forth
being unreliable, so when somebody remarks that Usenet is unreliable,
it gets my hackles up.

My theory is that you misinterpreted a post about a specific film
being discontinued.

My theory is that you misinterpreted a post about a specific film
being discontinued.

I seem to recall that the original context was "it looks as if" or "what if"
Kodak discontinues film in 5 years. There has been no such announcement
from Kodak. In fact, on Kodak's web site, there are no press releases dated
after August 24, which is odd; usually they have some every few days, often
about picayune topics (so-and-so wins executive promotion, etc.).

"Michael A. Covington" wrote:

If so, I should order a 5-year supply of
paper along wtih my 5-year supply of film!

Why the sudden paranoia? Some article you read?

Someone over in rec.photo.darkroom opined that film might be gone in 5
years. That was just someone's opinion or exaggeration, but you see how it
has taken on a life of its own.

Okay, a rumour . . . that makes a little more sense . . . not really.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio
http://www.allgstudio.com

"DaveHodge" wrote in message
...
If Kodak is going to discontinue film within 5 years, are they going to
discontinue printing papers, too? If so, I should order a 5-year supply
of
paper along wtih my 5-year supply of film!

People will still want some prints even if no one uses film.

--
Dooey.

As long as they still make money from those, why would they stop making
them?
Of course, you cold always buy Fuji printing papers, or many other brands.

Then what is going to be used in every minilab that prints digital files?