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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