[Leica] FW: Three fiber-based papers to be discontinued by Kodak in 1999.

["Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>]

I think this guy is for real?

BTW, check out his personal website, it has loads of film/paper/exposure etc
Data tables on it.

Tim A


- -----Original Message-----
From: Tim Atherton [mailto:timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca]
Sent: December 10, 1998 9:51 AM
To: timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca
Subject: Fw: Three fiber-based papers to be discontinued by Kodak in
1999.




ThomBx19 <thombx19@aol.com> wrote in message
<19981209161440.00887.00000205@ng-bw1.aol.com>...
> Kodabromide (all grades/surfaces)
> Elite Fine Art (all grades)
> Ektalure
>
> Due to low demand and increased environmental regulation, these papers
will be
> discontinued by year end 1999 OR when inventories are depleted.  The
> recommended alternative is
>
>
> for Ektalure
> ... warm-tone, "C" surface KODAK POLYMAX Fine-Art Paper
>
> for Elite Fine-Art
> ... KODAK POLYMAX Fine-Art Paper.
>
> for Kodabromide
> ... KODABROME II RC Paper (graded), or if you prefer a fiber-base paper,
try
> KODAK POLYMAX Fine-Art Paper.
>
> Kodak will notify dealers shortly of these changes.
>
> As unpopular as these discontinuances are, Kodak cannot use the same
emulsion
> formulas (for Ektalure and Kodabromide) because of governmental EPA
> (Environmental Protection Agency) regulations that take effect 1 January
2000.
> Elite Fine Art paper cannot sustain sales volumes to support its continued
> manufacture.
>
>
> Thom Bell
> Kodak Information Center, USA
> 1-800-242-2424, extension 19
>
> business web: www.kodak.com/go/professional
> personal web: members.aol.com/thombx19