God I just love the rumor mill, so typical. Are you sure about FORTE, word I have from Omega Satter as of last week was their contact to the US has been ill but thats all. I just forwarded the message to Omega Satter, to my contact there. Omega sent two representatives to Hungry in conjunction with the show. I really hope your incorrect. On Oct 4, 2004, at 1:53 PM, DarkroomMagic wrote: > Just came back from Photokina, and I'll tell you, silver based > photography > is not dead. > > Nikon introduced a new film-based camera the Nikon F6. > Forget Kodak, Ilford or Agfa for film and paper. They are just not > interested anymore. On the other hand, Kentmere, Foma, Bergger, Maco > and > Adox are getting stronger. Forte (Hungry) is gone, went bankrupt a few > weeks > ago. Remember not all of these manufacturers make their own products, > Kentmere, Foma and Adox do of which only the last two make film. > > Amazing! Rollei sponsored Maco to make 120 roll film in response to > their > camera customer requests and fears. It sells in wooden boxes at 66 > rolls per > box. 120 roll-film availability may become the first issue for > traditional > photographers. Apparently, there are only 2 or 3 manufacturers for the > paper > backing in the world. > > Most exciting to me was the introduction of three brand new > real-large-format lenses by Schneider for the 11x14 and 20x24!!! > format. > They told me, there is a market. > > Believe it or not, the Hasselblad rep (about 25 years of age), told me > to > sell my old! Hasselblad 501c equipment and by a 22M pixel H1D for > $18,000. I > think not. > > It was pretty much a digital show. Nevertheless, you were able to find > everything needed for traditional photography at Photokina 2004. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Ralph W. Lambrecht > > > > > > ======================================================================= > ====================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to > your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.