I ask just because Fuji is the only company other than Kodak with as comprehensive a product line. I guess EIR is a sort of novelty film, but Fuji is the only company that could put out an equivalent. As for an HIE equivalent, neither SFX nor the Rollei IR is anything close to HIE. I guess the Maco/Efke 820 is closer.
Just heard from a serious HIE user (has based his entire technique around it for 30 years) who managed to contact a planner in the US via Kodak UK, who confirmed both films are to go.
It seems doubtful if Kodak will deliver a definitive statement about this - when Ektar 25 and Technical Pan went it was a similar scenario, gradual awareness & by the time the writing was on the wall it was too late, there was very little material left in the system, especially roll format.
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I have to find out what, if any, aerial B&W exists.
Bob Mazzullo
And Efke 820c
I emailed Freestyle Photo in CA last evening and hope to get a response later today.
Even so, I expect that the earlier response I received from my metro-Boston retailer will prove correct.
Ultimately, I think the retailers are going to prove a more reliable source of information. I tend to doubt Kodak Representatives can tell us a film is discontinued unless they are given instructions by Kodak to do so. I could be wrong about that, but that conjecture is consistent with the definition of "represenatative".
....... "We hear the same rumors as everyone else hears. Until an announcement by Kodak is made I can't see how anyone can confirm if the rumor is true or not."
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