[rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:06:08 -0700
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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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