Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The new version of Delta 400 that was announced at Photokina is the third iteration of the film. The first version was on the market for a couple of years, and wasn't all that popular. It was improved and re-launched as Delta 400 Professional, and seemed to have more exposure latitude than the original version. I wouldn't mind them tinkering with a film, if they would only tell you what they are doing. HP5+ (my standard film) has, by some accounts, undergone so many changes in the decade it's been on the market that it ought to be renamed HP6. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Johnston" <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 8:33 AM Subject: [Leica] Und so weiter > > > > (I am old enough to recall HP-3!) Kodak has been > > most anxious to dump all fibre-based papers, and Ilford has kept producing > > them. Und so weiter. > > > Sadly too true. The reality is probably that bean-counters infest all > companies these days, and long-established, well-beloved products are > vulnerable to their sales figures. I *do* think Ilford has a proclivity to > replace or substantially modify many of their main products after a run of a > decade or so, or at any rate it has done so several times to my annoyance. > How long was the original Delta 400 on the market, anyone remember? I > beta-tested some prior to 1992, but I don't recall exactly when. > > --Mike > >