Re: Buying Konica 120

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

On 17 Apr 98 at 10:10, Clive Warren wrote:

> At 6:07 pm -0400 16/4/98, JMTell wrote:
> 
> >Just bought 120 rolls from B&H for $6.85ea USD pluss shipping.
> 
> Just as I thought - a lot cheaper than UK prices.  Maybe there is less
> infra red light here so fewer rolls are imported from Japan (?).  Does
> anyone know where the film is manufactured?  Guess there is only one
> location as all the film seems to have the same expiry date - probably
> different batch numbers though.

I was reading an old (1978) IR book, and in it they refer to this 
film as 'the Japanese Sakura Infrared 750', at that time not being 
imported to Europe. Perhaps this is the old name of Konica, but it 
could also indicate a specific subsidiary plant.

 

- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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