[rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper

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From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:26 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper


> GK,
>
> I wonder what became of Defender, who made a fine paper 
> called
> Velour Black?  I know that DuPont bought them, but then 
> what?
>
> Also, where will I get my favorite portrait paper; Opal G?
>
> Is P-O-P (redundant), paper still made?
>
> Jerry

    I still have a couple of boxes of Opal G. I will have to 
try some and see if its still OK.
Defender (so named because one of the founders raced yachts) 
was eventually absorbed by DuPont and the trade mark 
disappeared when DuPont stopped making consumer film and 
paper. Defender was carefully nurtured by Kodak because its 
existence was a defense against anti-trust action (that's 
NOT the reason for its name). Kodak sold defender some 
sensitizing dyes and actually made certain Defender films at 
one time. DuPont got into the business of making motion 
picture film early on. I don't know the details of  this 
part of their history but perhaps its because DuPont made 
Cellulose nitrate film base. DuPont sold versions of their 
motion picture stocks for 35mm still cameras but made no 
other products. Sometime about the mid 1940's they acquired 
Defender, who made sheet film, plates, and printing paper. 
Products carried both names. Motion picture stock and 35mm 
still film continued to be sold as DuPont. I think 
DuPont-Defender may have made some roll film briefly, but I 
am not sure. In any case it was not ever a staple product of 
the company.
  DuPont continued to make x-ray film until recently, in 
fact, I am not sure they don't still make it.
   DuPont motion picture film was branded Superior. In the 
mid 1930's Kodak ads read "Use Kodak Super Sensitive Pan, NO 
SUPERIOR".
   There is a brief history of Defender in Rudolf 
Kingslake's little book on the history of Rochester, N.Y. 
film and camera manufacturers.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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