Have you tried the orwo? I prefer the orwo stocks. Also fuji neopan is an amazing stock and maybe now will start carrying it in the US. I agree that 7363 is a good stock but there are other options too. If anything we should start pressuring fuji reps in ny and la to carry neopan... On Sep 30, 2011 9:55 PM, "40 Frames" <[email protected]> wrote: > True, other manufacturers make film... but nobody but Kodak makes 7363. > > ORWO may have something similar to 7302, but they have no HiCon stocks like > 7363. > > Alain > > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM, sef208 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The art form does not depend on one company. There are other companies that >> make motion picture.film and perhaps they will fill in the market. Kodak's >> products have been steadily getting worse anyway. >> On Sep 30, 2011 6:27 PM, "Jason Halprin" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Quoting: Fred Camper <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> >>The article implies that the bankruptcy that Kodak is considering wold >> >>allow it to continue to operate. I don't think liquidiation is in the >> >>cards anytime soon. >> > >> > I concure. I have heard through the rumormill that the Motion Picture >> division of Kodak has continued to remain profitable. Since all of the >> equipment used to manufacture the actual film is an "older" technology, it >> wouldn't make much sense to liquidate it. The value would be little more >> than the scrap value of its parts, so it would seem reasonable to keep it >> operational, and therefore profitable. I wouldn't expect too much more R&D, >> but as long as there is a Kodak company based in Rochester, I don't think >> we'll see the disappearance of film. However, it also seems likely that when >> the plug is pulled on film stock, and more importantly, the commercial >> manufacture of processing chemistry, it will be sudden. >> > >> > Then again, there's some companies down the chain (post-houses that >> specialize in film scans, for one) that rely on film as a continued capture >> medium might step up at that point to purchase some of the manufacturing >> facilities and silver-halide related patents. If they could purchase things >> for pennies-on-the-dollar (as they might through a liquidation), they could >> then run these units at a very low profit, or even a slight loss, if only to >> keep the filmstock flowing as long as possible. I'm not holding my breathe >> on this scenario, but my fingers are crossed. As I write this I'm realizing >> just how difficult it would be to convince a lender to financially support a >> plan to vertically integrate a post-house into a declining industrial field. >> > >> > -Jason Halprin >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > FrameWorks mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > > -- > 40 FRAMES > Alain LeTourneau > Pam Minty > > 40 FRAMES > 5232 N Williams Ave > Portland, Oregon 97217 > USA > > +1 503 231 6548 > www.40frames.org > www.16mmdirectory.org > www.emptyquarterfilm.org
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