Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Wed Oct 18 18:29:20 2006

Boy, I'll take that smaller digital sensor over the others any day - simply
because its smaller.


On 10/18/06 5:45 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi, B.D.,
> 
> Yes, my dentist, a young man who learned all of the new technical tricks in
> dental school, uses digital x-rays that amazed me the first time I saw the
> results.  However, the "sensor holder" that they clamp in my mouth are not
> very comfortable.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:32 PM
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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