[pure-silver] Re: New b&w film - Rollei R3
- From: "Edward C. Zimmermann" <edz@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:35:53 +0200
Quoting Per Ohstrom <ohstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 18:11:06 +0200, Edward C. Zimmermann <edz@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > AGAIN.. Agfa does not stop making films. That's MILLIONS of EUROs wrong!
>
> Great! I've seen this rumour so many times I assumed it was
> correct. But I certainly hope you are right.
The consumer imaging division of Agfa has been split-off into a new company.
This new company is a management buy-out with additional capital comming in
from various venture capital outfits with a strong focus on nanotechnology---
to which silver-halides are quite relevant. Given the kinds of stranded whale
management we've seem come from Agfa over the past decades this MIGHT be a
good move.
>
> Do I detect a disappointment with Maco? Do you think their
> products are bad or is it the marketing of them you feel is
> hyped?
I find this kind of hype very dangerous. I hear that R3 is backordered
in a big way in the US. Given that people don't know the film.. and
when they discover that its not able to be developed, even trying to
exploit the slow speed layer, fine grain I think there will be a lot of
disappointment. At this bend in the market I think that kind of missed
expectations are not what we need..
And yes, I have been disappointed by some Maco products.. I still have
a pile of UP-64 in my fridge... I just did not care for that feeling trying
to advance the film in my camera that it was broken--- if the advance lever
or gears were plastic I could see a potential for real damage.
Some of the Maco items are good.. Like New Oriental.. and Labor Partner
chemicals are maybe not the best but they are OK and come in very nice
bottles..
>
> I'm just curious since I have no experience with their films.
> I think I remember some good reviews of the Maco 400c, but I
> never tried it.
Perhaps the testers that wrote the good review did not either...
(experience can just polute the prose)
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