Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That, I didn't know! Sounds like a good move. Too bad profits no longer fuel B/W R&D. S. Dimitrov On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:40 AM, JCB wrote: > At 05:40 AM 2/23/2005, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >> The flip side would be which film would I not mind seeing go. >> Efke is right there next to Lucky brand. >> S. Dimitrov > > > Kodak owns 20% of Lucky film. It is a HUGE profit for Kodak and > probably will help keep the Kodak B&W films such as Tri-X alive for a > long time to come. > > Even though I use and like Efke films, my favorites over Efke, is Agfa > APX-100, Tri-X, and Plus-X. My overall most used film is Velvia. So as > long as one of, Agfa, Kodak, and Ilford (FP4), continue to make B&W > emulsions, I really don't care that much about Efke films. The > exception being, I like Efke 25, which is very close to APX-25 and > KB14, neither of which is available now. > > There are several small B&W film makers around. The Adox name is > coming back as well. That was my favorite film during the 50's and > 60's - Adox KB14/R14 and KB21/R21, along with 4x5 Super-XX and Tri-X. > > Thanks to Lucky for helping to float Kodak's film boat. It cost Kodak > $100mil, but the dividends and technology licensing return is immense. > > JB > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography