Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Reformulated Tri-X?
From: Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 09:50:50 -0500
References: <a9.309f91d6.2af7d9bb@aol.com>

- --On Monday, November 4, 2002 9:10 AM -0500 SthRosner@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/3/02 11:47:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rolfe@ldp.com  writes:
>
>> Perhaps, but the company did retire all the senior people who knew
>> anything  about B&W film, so we'll probably never see a new B&W film out
>>  of Kodak  even as they milk the existing products for their last nickel.
>
> Rolfe, think how foolish your remark sounds. To me it reads just like:
>
> Ernst Leitz Wetzlar retired all the senior people who knew anything about
> designing and manufacturing cameras and lenses so Leica Solms milks
> existing  products for their last Euro - I was going to say pfennig.
>
> Let's not buy any more Leicas.
>
> Res ipsa loquitur.

Well, the difference is that my comment re: Kodak is, although 
intentionally hyperbolic, pretty much true.

The Leica comment is not analogous because Leitz/Leica hasn't actually done 
this.

And finally, I didn't suggest that anyone stop buying Tri-X :-).

Rolfe

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Rolfe Tessem
rolfe@ldp.com
Lucky Duck Productions, Inc.
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