[pure-silver] Re: 220 Gone Bye Bye?

One thing about Kodak that I experienced that Ihave never experienced with any other photo company. I had a question a while back, so I picked up the phone and gave them a call. I got through to a rep that was both knowledgeable and not only took the time to answer my question but explained why they answered it the way they did in language a dumb photographer could understand.
Made me feel better about all the cash I have poured into yellow boxes over the years and now if all things are equal (which they seldom are) a yellow box gets the first choice not the last. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Thorsten" <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:08 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: 220 Gone Bye Bye?



--- "Dana H. Myers" <dana.myers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


While I do primarily shoot on TMY/TMX, my comment
was not intended
as an endorsement of Kodak products.  It's not the
yellow boxes I'm
thinking about; it's the industry.  If Kodak gets
out of film, that
won't speak well of  the industry in general.


I agree.  I shoot mostly on TMX100 and Tri-X, and
develop prints in Dektol.  I just love all three
products and I want them to stay in production as
long as possible.  If Kodak gives up film production
it's because not enough people are buying it.  That
doesn't represent a great opportunity for other
manufacturers...it serves as a warning sign for them
too.

I speak from similar experience.  In 2000 I started
my own custom Type R printing lab, because the big
labs in the city were getting rid of it.  I thought
it was great when another big lab closed down
because I got all their remaining customers.  Sadly,
it just didn't last for long.  They closed down
for a reason...the demand kept going down.  I had
to close down 3 years later because it wasn't
paying for itself, even though I had a small group
of fiercely loyal customers.  It just wasn't enough.

If Kodak closes down its film production, it will
cause other manufacturers to seriously rethink
their own operations.

-Charlie



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