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Old April 9th 08, 05:26 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Art
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I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production back
to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be all
over for film in 10 years.


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Old April 9th 08, 06:20 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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"Art" wrote in message
m...
I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production
back to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be
all over for film in 10 years.


"Over for film im 10 years" - For Kodak, probably, but for the rest of us
film will certainly go out when the sky falls. No doubt about it. Seriously,
before film goes away there will be several EMP disasters that blow away
everything digital for miles around. Is that going to happen? Win/Win.



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Old April 9th 08, 06:24 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Art wrote:
I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production back
to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be all
over for film in 10 years.


Sorry for the joke, but I guess that "Lucky" wasn't. Honestly if Kodak
film lasts 10 years, I'd be really surprised. Kodak has to sell a large
number of rolls of film in order to make it worth selling any at all.

Smaller companies have less overhead, so they will stay profitable filling
a niche with film. Ilford is making an effort to do so, and there are a
few producers in Europe (EFKE, MACO).

Besides, Lucky may get their production bugs worked out. :-)

Geoff.


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Old April 9th 08, 10:05 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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"Art" wrote in message
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He thinks it might be all over for film in 10 years.


As long as for the foreseeable future most major (and probably many
independent) motion pictures, TV shows, and commercials are shot on film,
film is not going anywhere.


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Old April 19th 08, 12:50 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Because they have excess capacity due to slow demand of film in worldwide
market. Nowaday, just one plane is enough to supply the worldwide demand
for film, therefore those plants in China are already closed.

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I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production
back to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be
all over for film in 10 years.




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Old April 19th 08, 01:10 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Art wrote,on my timestamp of 10/04/2008 2:26 AM:
I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production back
to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be all
over for film in 10 years.





without fail, the thread about the
"impending doom" of film going away.

In 10 years.

That one was done 1 year ago.
And 2. 3. 4. And even 5 years ago.

According to these, it should have
happened already.

All that film in my fridge must be
a figment, then. And the fact that
I can buy it from just about anywhere.


When is it gonna down on these idiots
that film is *not* going away, no matter
how much comfort they might need for their
bad decision in buying their crap digital
camera, totally outdated in 18 months?
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Old April 20th 08, 01:39 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
Andreas Gugau
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson schrieb:
Art wrote:
I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production back
to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be all
over for film in 10 years.


Sorry for the joke, but I guess that "Lucky" wasn't. Honestly if Kodak
film lasts 10 years, I'd be really surprised. Kodak has to sell a large
number of rolls of film in order to make it worth selling any at all.

Smaller companies have less overhead, so they will stay profitable filling
a niche with film. Ilford is making an effort to do so, and there are a
few producers in Europe (EFKE, MACO).


Yes, Efke sucks more and more (Adox already filled Ilfords HP5+ into
containers for 100 ASA-film where Efke was expected) and Maco is getting
worse. They have "Rollei" film and use masterrolls, produced for 35mm
film, to cut out 120 (or the other way round?).

Beside this, kodak won't die.

Andreas

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Old May 15th 08, 07:46 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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"AMEN!!!"



"Noons" wrote in message
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Art wrote,on my timestamp of 10/04/2008 2:26 AM:
I was just talking to an old friend who has been working for Kodak for
almost 30 years. He tells me that Kodak is moving some film production
back to the US from China due to quality concerns. He thinks it might be
all over for film in 10 years.




without fail, the thread about the
"impending doom" of film going away.

In 10 years.

That one was done 1 year ago.
And 2. 3. 4. And even 5 years ago.

According to these, it should have
happened already.

All that film in my fridge must be
a figment, then. And the fact that
I can buy it from just about anywhere.


When is it gonna down on these idiots
that film is *not* going away, no matter
how much comfort they might need for their
bad decision in buying their crap digital
camera, totally outdated in 18 months?



 




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