Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. yes of course Kodak's film business is moribund and this is a P.R. effort. I wondered if anyone had some specifics on which film was being promoted. We have seen several recent upgrades to transparency films from Fujifilm. I have only noticed what appears to be repackaging of some Kodak films. However I haven't paid close attention to the Kodak activity recently. This week on a short break, I exhausted all of the Velvia in my bag and had to locate film sellers in a small capital city. The friendly Kodak dealer sold me all of their EliteChrome for a pittance (being very short dated). There were several rolls marked Vivid Colour, which I hadn't seen previously. However I then located a Fuji dealer and managed to stock up on more Velvia; which I promptly exhausted that day. So a lot of reviewing and some scanning coming up. I shall try the Kodak films soon. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 07:32 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film The background is pretty obvious, Hoppy - Kodak, which used to own photography, now has to give away film to try to hang on to its declining film business. Speaking of which - has anyone else here experienced digital dental x-raying? It was quite an amazing experience - and I'm sure is yet another nail in Kodak's film coffin. BTW - Kodak is not giving away a "new film emulsion" - It is giving away samples of its "newest" film emulsions. And that's a big difference. (I believe they have some "new" formulations of Portra films - at least that's the only vaguely recent press release they have related to anything "new" in film.) Bottom line? It's called P.R. On 10/18/06 5:14 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > And add orders for the LUG Down Under folks ;-) > Has anyone seen this sort of promotion previously or know the background to > this? Very interesting that Kodak should be releasing a > new emulsion. That seems contrary to the whole digital tsunami thingie. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > vick.ko@sympatico.ca > Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 02:53 > To: idcc@kjsl.com; lug@leica-users.org > Subject: re: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film > > Can someone order the film and send it to me in Canada: > > > <http://www.kodak.com/global/mul/professional/support/wrt/campaigns/GC00369/en > try.jhtml> > > ...Vick > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information