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(erielack) Kodak



I've been buying steam locomotive photos from the original photographer.
 
He's very concerned that Kodak is discontinuing B&W paper at the end of the year. The paper they sell now comes from a Kodak division in Latin America.
 
If you think about it, how many people other than rail fans do you know who buy 8X10 B&W prints?
 
I know a little about photo processing having worked for Kodak so I tried to find some other suppliers of paper. Illford and Agfa sell paper but they are close to if not bankrupt so they may be eliminating marginal profit lines too. Like the Kodachrome processors, the last company selling B&W paper may increase the price significantly.
 
There are machines that can take a traditional B&W negative make a laser jet copy but they are expensive enough that I don't expect many of the men who sell old railroad photos to buy them. The prints I've seen aren't as sharp as traditional, silver halide based prints either.
 
I worked for Kodak and left as part of the first layoff in 1978. The chickens have come home to roost. Creative employees were thought to "rock the boat". "Yes" men who never made a decision or never had an original idea were the ones who got ahead.
 
Ed Mines 




Edward B. Mines
238 Willard Dr.
Hewlett, NY  11557
516 205-6523
		
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