Re: availability of HIE

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  1 Nov 96 at 3:29, eml@xxxxxxxxx wrote:


> Perhaps with te big military procurement at an end, Kodak will wash
> its hands of this low-volume product in bad need of an overhaul.
> 
> After all!  There's lots of APS film to make!  I am not being
> facetious.  Kodak has always catered to the most popular market
> segments.  That is why there are no more Retinas, Kodak Views, 
> etc.  This infrared was a specialty item only, always.  Why bother
> making it, or worse, totally reengineering it to bring it up to
> date for a few thousand rolls per year?

Can anyone estimate numbers on this?
I can't believe HIE is such a low quantity film....perhaps it will 
wander towards technical/industrial film, but I doubt it is at the 
edge like IE. And even that film still serves a purpose in aerial 
photography. I would worry more about price than availability.....
 
> I sincerely hope that I'm wrong, much as I dislike the 35mm stuff,
> But these are the sort of thoughts that will be thought in the
> sales department.  "It's a drop in the bucket, so why bother" 

Why has Ilford launced the SFX200, and why are they planning a 120 
version, as well as a near-IR emulsion (a la Konica)?
Can't believe one sales department bases its decisions on completely 
opposite data than the other. And Ilford was way too conservative in 
its first batch assessment. They outsold a 3 month supply in 2 weeks!


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