Exactly what do you not understand about the concept of extinct?
What I do not understand is why you continue to believe that EK's Perez knows more about its use regarding film markets than everyone else in the world more qualified than he knows. Words matter. Extinct means zero chance of returning. Extinct means forever, in its most severely existential sense...
(1) EK said the market for E-6 was existentially extinct. But a brand new E-6 film from a resurrected film company is reportedly now only weeks away from re-entering that extinct market. And they're not returning that product to the market just for laughs.
(2) EK said the market for consumer C-41 color negative film only continues to be minimally viable by coat-tailing the massive production of MP film. When that ends (real soon now), that market will likely also become extinct. The same resurrected film company introducing the new E-6 film is also introducing a C-41 color negative film on the same schedule.
(3) EK said the market for b&w enlarging papers was extinct. But Adox successfully returned the MCC enlarging papers into that same extinct market. Then Harman recently announced a family of well-received upgrades to their best-selling line of Multigrade b&w enlarging papers for that same extinct market.
(4) EK said the market for b&w contact printing papers was extinct. The risk was too great for their still multi-billion dollar company to take. But a
private individual subsequently raised the money, paid the R&D costs, and shouldered that too-great risk for them. The resulting paper is, by all accounts, currently available and highly regarded.
(5) EK said that the b&w film market was in such severe decline that they were forced to eliminate all but a tiny handful of their previous full range of b&w film products. Adox recently introduced a brand new 100-speed b&w film, to enthusiastic reviews, into that same market. And they are reportedly only awaiting the drawdown of existing residual APX stocks before introducing more new films. And Harman? In the same market they have never had to drop a single Ilford b&w film from their long-standing lineup.
(6) EK said that the market for Kodachrome was extinct, due to their inability to produce small enough quantities of it using their severely oversized manufacturing equipment and processes (designed for capacities that made sense 30 years ago). A
current member of EK's film R&D staff reportedly said hold the phone, we are trying to rework that, and that EK
may be able to begin offering current and perhaps previously discontinued EK films in smaller, more marketable volumes. Including Kodachrome, was the direct question? Yes, was the direct answer.
So the real issue here is not one of extinction. It's one of moving forward with new thinking that better fits the new reduced film markets that exist today.
And the real question is, why do some people continue to believe,
without any questioning whatsoever, Perez's and EK's self-serving definitions of extinct, when they so obviously continue to turn out to be incorrect?
And the even more fundamental question is,
just what is it that all of these other people and companies know, that we here seemingly still don't? They're not producing all of these "extinct" products just for grins. They're doing it to meet market demands. And make a profit.
There is a common thread in all of this that leads to an answer...
Ken