On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:03 AM, sef208 <sef208_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you tried the orwo? I prefer the orwo stocks. Also fuji neopan is an
> amazing stock and maybe now will start carrying it in the US. I agree that
> 7363 is a good stock but there are other options too. If anything we should
> start pressuring fuji reps in ny and la to carry neopan...
>
I have tried ORWO, and find it to be a great stock. I think the UN54 is
comparable to the discontinued 7231. However, ORWO
distribution in the US has not yet been confirmed. I think ORWO and ReGroup
are still hashing out the details.
And Neopan is not currently available in the US.... Don't know why this has
ever been a question for Fuji?
Alain
> On Sep 30, 2011 9:55 PM, "40 Frames" <info_at_40frames.org> wrote:
> > True, other manufacturers make film... but nobody but Kodak makes 7363.
> >
> > ORWO may have something similar to 7302, but they have no HiCon stocks
> like
> > 7363.
> >
> > Alain
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM, sef208 <sef208_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The art form does not depend on one company. There are other companies
> that
> >> make motion picture.film and perhaps they will fill in the market.
> Kodak's
> >> products have been steadily getting worse anyway.
> >> On Sep 30, 2011 6:27 PM, "Jason Halprin" <jihalprin_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > Quoting: Fred Camper <f_at_fredcamper.com>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>The article implies that the bankruptcy that Kodak is considering wold
> >> >>allow it to continue to operate. I don't think liquidiation is in the
> >> >>cards anytime soon.
> >> >
> >> > I concure. I have heard through the rumormill that the Motion Picture
> >> division of Kodak has continued to remain profitable. Since all of the
> >> equipment used to manufacture the actual film is an "older" technology,
> it
> >> wouldn't make much sense to liquidate it. The value would be little more
> >> than the scrap value of its parts, so it would seem reasonable to keep
> it
> >> operational, and therefore profitable. I wouldn't expect too much more
> R&D,
> >> but as long as there is a Kodak company based in Rochester, I don't
> think
> >> we'll see the disappearance of film. However, it also seems likely that
> when
> >> the plug is pulled on film stock, and more importantly, the commercial
> >> manufacture of processing chemistry, it will be sudden.
> >> >
> >> > Then again, there's some companies down the chain (post-houses that
> >> specialize in film scans, for one) that rely on film as a continued
> capture
> >> medium might step up at that point to purchase some of the manufacturing
> >> facilities and silver-halide related patents. If they could purchase
> things
> >> for pennies-on-the-dollar (as they might through a liquidation), they
> could
> >> then run these units at a very low profit, or even a slight loss, if
> only to
> >> keep the filmstock flowing as long as possible. I'm not holding my
> breathe
> >> on this scenario, but my fingers are crossed. As I write this I'm
> realizing
> >> just how difficult it would be to convince a lender to financially
> support a
> >> plan to vertically integrate a post-house into a declining industrial
> field.
> >> >
> >> > -Jason Halprin
> >> >
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