Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/13

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Subject: Re: T400CN
From: aglang@sprynet.com
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 13:02:53 -0700

I agree.
But why the heck did they wait so long?

On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, "Charles E. Dunlap" <cdunlap@rupture.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>>Nah,
>>the Great Yellow Father is so concerned with our welfare and the longevity of
>>their new C41 monochrome film that they have withheld the release of T400CN
>>until they have had the chance to age the negatives in real time. You see
>>they
>>developed it back in 1981 shortly after XP1 was introduced, and have kept it
>>under wraps ever since. Why else would they have waited 16+ years to answer
>>Ilford's product? <g>
>>
>>Adam
>
>T400CN is much finer grained than the Ilford XP films. It's not just
>playing catch up. It's worth a try.
>
>-Charlie
>
>