[LargeFormat] Kodak Discontinuing B&W Paper

[Vince Dobson]

Gentlemen,

I think that we will need migrate toward those companies that have recently
emerged to present themselves as preferred suppliers of all of our B&W
needs.  These folks (I think of JandCphoto.com as the main one).  As Kodak
and Ilford reduce their B&W line JandC is expanding his offering more and
more papers and film.  He had film up to 20 x 24.  Let the dinosaurs of the
past die and create more oil as we ride the fast steeds into the future.

Vince Dobson
Visions In Nature
www.visionsinnature.com

-----Original Message-----
From: largeformat-bounces at f32.net [mailto:largeformat-bounces at f32.net]On
Behalf Of Ted Harris
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:18 AM
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Cc: Richard Knoppow
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Kodak Discontinuing B&W Paper

Does it really matter?  I have been sitting here trying to remember
the last time I used Kodak paper (except Azo) and believe it was
sometime in the late 1960's.  I have had a flurry of phone calls and
email exchanges on this today and no one I have talked with uses
Kodak paper or has for years.

 From a marketing/profit center point of view I have to suspect that
Kodak's share of the global paper market is relatively small compared
to their share of the market in other profit centers.  Business
decisions follow different logic in a company as large as Kodak.


On Jun 15, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> What will Sexton do?
>
> Seriously, this is a majpr step down for all of us.  Luckily, I
> decided not
> to trust Kodak, and I went Ilford ....
>
> Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>     My contact at Kodak has informed me that Kodak has discontinued
> all B&W
> paper. The official announcement will be made later today. Kodak will
> continue to manufacture B&W film and chemicals.
>
> Richard Knoppow
>
>
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