Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong is of course correct. The final incarnation of Kodak's ASA 25 color negative material was Royal Gold 25, which replaced Ektar 25 in name only, I believe. Buzz -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+buzz.hausner=verizon.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Phong Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 1:56 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Made an Even Bigger Mistake Buzz Hausner wrote: > I for one rally miss Ektar 25. Kodak made a bigger mistake by > abandoning slow speed color emulsions. I agree. Royal Gold 25 was the last color print film I got really excited about. That and the Fuji 800 (NPZ, Press) film. For a large company with a very large market share at one point, probably large enough to define and set the directions of the film market all by themselves, Kodak changes courses way too often for its own good. No belief in itself. A giant trying to fight the way dwarves do. Someone else said it: they overdo the market research thing. - Phong