So it's knock Ilford now is it ?
Those of us who went on the Ilford factory tour 14-15 months ago were given very frank information by the Ilford management on why some Kentmere products couldn't be made at Mobberley.
Simon Galley has posted similar information on this website about the discontinued Kentmere products and most are being replaced by alternatives.
All companies in the UK have to file financial returns to Companies House and anyone can pay to receive a copy of those accounts.
Ian
You cannot obtain financial returns for Ilford Photo, specifically.
You can obtain returns for Harman Technology Limited but this would include information beyond the immediate scope of the Ilford Photo operation, such as Harman Photo as well as the licensing turnover they receive from Oji Paper, Ltd in Japan for use of the Ilford name.
As the returns only cost £1.00, I think I'll purchase them nonetheless.
Hello Everybody:
I just interviewed Scott DiSabato from Eastman Kodak about this topic.
Here is the APUG link:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
This should clear up some questions people have.
Enjoy
Scott
Hello Everybody:
I just interviewed Scott DiSabato from Eastman Kodak about this topic...
But again, we continue to have exciting news. Even this year, we'll have a product launch, which we'll be talking about in the next few weeks.
Scott, I appreciate that you connected with Kodak but I think in your shows you need to ask harder questions to people.
Sounds interesting.
Hello Anon:
I have done that interview all ready and you can look for that this week. It is VERY interesting !!
Scott in the Kodak interview you said the B&W market was growing, would you care to elaborate.
At about 19:20 Scott DiSabato says:
Sounds interesting.
Scott, I appreciate that you connected with Kodak but I think in your shows you need to ask harder questions to people. The interviews tend to be too free-flowed with no hard questions being asked. As a listener I find myself sometimes tuning the show out when listening to it and not intently listening because I'm not learning anything new by giving the interviewee an easy road to take.
I mean seriously, I just listened to the interview with Stephen Schaub, for instance, and he was basically dissing TXP, 220, etc. while at the same time advocating the use of non-optical/non-darkroom printing and telling me that black and white film doesn't matter 99% of the time and I won't see a difference compared to C-41 color? I realize that he wasn't saying it as an absolute truth, but as a general recommendation to Joe Blow film user, he was. Yes, this is going to irritate people hearing something that the majority of us on this site know as absolutely not true.
Too easy on Scott, OK, like Scott S. asked, what would you have asked Scott D. then?
And as far as hybrid process goes, it's there, it is necessary for us who actually shoot for a living to get press ready film derived images to places like book publishers and magazines. John Sexton makes prints to sell in galleries, but he also has his negs scanned for publication, do you? Of course you do, if you have photos displayed on APUG.org, you have published them on the web.
The point is effort is being made here to communicate. But this is a company, a large one. You can in no way ask and expect a company like GM or Proctor and Gamble to completely divulge every little detail you want to know about product development or internal road map policies, that is proprietary to the company.
Kodak is no different, so you can't keep taking it personal....or you can and you would be wasting time you could be using to become a better photographer, selling your work, becoming a better receiver of that "Football" called film when it is thrown your way.
You have no choice in this, you need to adapt. If someone told me I could only shoot one film for the rest of my life, I would be fine with it, because I am a photographer, not an enthusiast who spends far more time online bitching and complaining rather than shooting.
Sorry if this offends, but I just can't believe how many posts some of you have, why not spend that time shooting?
Why am I on here today then? My girlfriend is recovering from surgery, so it is a good time to catch up on what is going on "All I do is complain.org".
btw... anyone have some spare Super-XX I could try in 8x10 or 4x5?
There's actually some Super-XX on eBay right now, in 5x7 and 8x10, if you want to pay that kind of money.
Dan;
Sorry. I had about 200 sheets of Super XX this time last year and I sent it all to APUG members.
PE
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