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[OM] Re: Save Kodachrome Day

Subject: [OM] Re: Save Kodachrome Day
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 19:59:34 -0400
What is APS 25?

Earl
BllPear wrote:
> >I know this sounds insane (newbie alert), but what is there in principle 
> >that prevents the formation of a photographers' nonprofit organization to 
> >take over corporate assets that non longer generate profits?
> Aside from the fact that Kodak doesn't want you competing with them, only 
> money.
> 
> Rescuing Kodachrome would be a fools erand. If there was a demand for this 
> product that would enable profitability, Kodak would continue to sell it. 
> After all, they've never made a dime on digital, it's the profits from film 
> that make all their digital stuff possible.
> 
> As I know well that there are many Kodachrome users that want nothing else, 
> they are, by and large, enthusiastic amateurs that don't use that much film. 
> I have a pro friend that used to go through several bricks on a single shoot. 
> When he was still using film, he went, like most pros, to ProviaF. The 
> continual magenta shift along with Kodak's lousy processing is what did it in 
> for most of us.
> 
> Yes, I remember when Kodachrome was a wonderful thing. That was many years 
> ago. It's time to move on.
> 
> Now, APS 25 is another matter altogether.
> 
> Bill Pearce
> 
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