[pure-silver] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All Black and White Paper
- From: "Randy Stewart" <randal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:26:02 -0700
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From: "Chris Ellinger" <ellinger@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:33 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All Black and White Paper
> > I just got word from my contact at Kodak that they will be
discontinuing all black and white paper.
>
> I think this is a Good Thing. (Easy for me to say, since I don't use
Kodak paper.)
> Consolidating the market will make it more likely for the remaining
companies to turn a
> profit. I'm betting on Ilford.
>
Let's take a moment to reflect on a past time when Kodak made and marketed
some of the best B&W papers in the world. I'd love to have Medalist back in
a choice of a dozen surfaces and colors. Ain't gonna happen. Kodak
abandoned the B&W paper market years ago for all practical purposes. Ilford
maintains; Forte struggles to regain a footing. Kentmore may well be ready
to provide some of that diversity we had into the 1970s. It's a little
guy's market now. Sales volume down; cost of product will increase, but
decent B&W paper should be around so long as a reasonable number of us want
to pay for it.
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