At 10:33 15/01/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>The reason appears to be that they were not selling enough XP dev to
>make it worth making it.
XP1 developer was not compatible with C41 films, although the opposite was
possible. cost has nothing to do with it.
>XP1 was also being sold as a film which could be developed in C41 dev
>as an alternative.
>As a commercial user of both C41 and Xp dev my money was on Xp every
>time.
sorry, no-one with his right mind would use incompatible developer suited
for a minuscule number of films, while the recommended c41 would process
both c41 and xp1
>the Mini labs and the Pro labs however could not have their minds
>changed and the additional one and three quarter minutes dev time was
>viewed as a retrograde step.
you cannot ignore laws of physics and economics. BTW, c41 film developed in
xp1 developer is not developed to its optimal quality. You can play with BW
films, but not with color negs.
>bottom line is that profit beat quality.
it's called engineering. the films was designed to be processed in c41
developer with replenishment. you cannot run commercially viable minilab if
you stuff processing. it is quality, not dollars. xp1 worked well only with
xp1 films.
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