Re: Cutting down 70mm film into 120/220 size?

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Peter Ray wrote:
> 
> >However, retooling to
> >accommodate what 120 market there might be wouldn't make sense to a
> >company that makes nexxt to nothing with their commercial IR film.
> 
> It has been a couple of years, but when I asked the midwest Kodak rep about
> IR and tri-x, another favorite, being discontinued, he laughed and referred
> to them as cash cows. They may be a small part of total revenue, but I'll
> bet they are highly profitable.

I'd take that bet. <g>  When you consider that Kodak's B&W market is,
say 1% of their color market (if that), and that they make very little
money on their 35mm IR and lose money on their 4X5 IR, I'd say that we
are indeed fortunate to even have these products.  Watching their stock
just sit there, I wouldn't be surprised to see a change (note
International Paper is making big changes, which could well affect
Ilford (so I'm told)).

george

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