Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>If any other people on this list worked in the business 20 >>years ago, I would like to hear your comments on the changes EK Co. have >>gone through. > >I wish I could disagree with you. Kodak decided several years ago that pros >weren't worth the money they were spending on them. Then they cut their R&D >budget. They fell so far behind Fuji, it's going to be tough to come back. >Their Ektapress film was great when it came out, but Fuji 800 has always >outperformed anything Kodak has come out with. > >I've had a Kodak rep. wooing me for the past two weeks. He sent me some of >the newest Ektapress 800 and 400, telling me that it addresses all the >quality problems people have with the older versions. (These films were >introduced at this Photokina). I was hopeful that it would prove to be a >sign Kodak was making a comeback. > >So far, the answer is no. Fuji still kick's Kodak's butt in neg. films. At >least from the few rolls of the new films I've shot so far. But Kodak's new >chrome films are absolutely wonderful. And with the new Kodachrome >mini-lab, it looks like ol' K-14 might be making a comeback. >-- > >Eric Welch >St. Joseph, MO >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > >Experience is a tough teacher. It gives the test before the lesson. >-unknown > Kodak has just announced a new version of Ektapress 800 (aka PJ 800) that offers much improved grain. As usual, seeing is believing. Jeff Alford