Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps.....a few months ago I sold 50 rolls of Agfapan 25 back to the dealer I bought them from when Agfa discontinued it a few years ago, and he was thrilled to get them (and they all sold out within a week, mainly to store employees). But all in all, I doubt that the b/w market is particularly strong. I suspect that people who scan film are discovering that colour film (or film C41 b/w film) happens to scan very nicely into black and white images. -dan c. At 03:37 PM 05-09-04 -0400, Jesse Hellman wrote: >But IS the market empty, Dan? While B & W film and darkroom products may >be heading in the direction of art and hobby photographers very quickly >there still may be enough to support a few streamlined companies if with >no research for the future. The structure of the business had been set >up for a different market leading to more employees than are now needed. > >For instance, there still may be many people who want to use film and >scan it instead of heading for the darkroom (which I just came out of). >I hope so, because I'm not ready to switch to digital for B & W. For >color, I use film and have it put on CDs with large enough files for >printing on my Epson R800. > >There may be enough other people who will do this for years to keep a >business like Ilford going, but not enough for product development. >