FID (Film is Dead)

P. J. Alling webster26 at mindspring.com
Tue Aug 7 17:30:19 EDT 2007


Budweiser is more like beer than Coors is, (though that isn't saying much).

Norm Baugher wrote:
> You are completely wrong about one thing Bubweiser is NOT beer...
> Norm
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> Steve Desjardins wrote:
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>> OK, just how hard is it to produce B&W film?  I know to produce as much
>> as Kodak or Fuji used to involves enormous QC issues.  I can make beer
>> in my kitchen whereas Budweiser needs fancy techniques to make 12% of
>> the beer on the planet.  So how hard would it be for a small company to
>> put a B&W emulsion on a polymer base?  Not a lot of fancy chemicals
>> involved, although there would be some EPA issues.  I can't say for
>> sure, but I bet a small specialty company could make film for a higher
>> cost.   With a global market available, it should still be a going
>> concern.    This is the point below:  just a specialty market, not
>> mainstream photography.
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