Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've read this a few times before, but it just occurred to me what Kodak is doing. The changes (certainly not requested by demand) are all about making their films scan better. After 100 years of wet darkrooms, what wet darkroom worker has cried out for a better anti-static film??? Wet room workers use things like Static Master brushes, anti-static wipes, canned air, etc. to control dust. It has only been since being on lists such as this that I understood that digital workers very, very often are not as careful, depending on software to handle the problem. I believe kodak has picked up on this--thus their now anti-static film base. Allan On Monday, March 11, 2002, at 01:50 AM, Tim Atherton wrote: > The company has invested heavily in new technology at its coating plant > in Rochester, New York, and production of b&w film has been switched > over to the new facility. Martin Wood from Kodak UK told BJP that the > performance of the films will not change, but the physical > characteristics of the b&w negatives has been improved, providing better > anti-static protection – on both the face and back of the film. In > addition, there should be an improved batch consistency and fewer > harmful effects on the environment as a result of the new process. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html