Ilford & E.K.

[RJuster@xxxxxxx]

To James - Thanks for your kind words.  Its nice to know that Ilford's 
efforts are appreciated.  Bear in mind that Ilford is many times smaller than 
Kodak--so sometimes we can take advantage of small market niches that 
wouldn't interest the big guys.  OTOH, Ilford's management is very cautious 
with new products as we cannot afford to introduce something like a disc 
camera, only to have an expensive flop.  So, for example, SFX film (which I 
know everybody loves) is just a product Ilford was already selling for a 
different purpose--traffic surveilance.

Having come to EK's defense, I will say that their bureaucracy drives me nuts 
(this guy says the film's discontinued;  this guy says its not;  this guy 
says no comment, etc...).  I'm not saying that Ilford is always 100% candid 
with customers but I'm amazed at the number of things people speculate about 
when they could just ask us and we would tell them.

Randy
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