Edo,
My understanding is all the recent discontinuations happen because the stock is
expiring in the warehouse. So Kodak tightens up its product line by dropping
the money losers. Of course with less stocks to choose from, film because less
desirable to shoot. I imagine that the last stocks left standing will be 200T
and 500T colour negative, which are the most popular with Hollywood.
As David said in excellent detail, Kodak doesn't care about small time
customers. They are only interested in mass market sales. They are still
cheaper (especially in N.A.) but anyone interested in shooting film should put
their support behind the smaller manufacturers. This gutting of B&W stocks
might make Orwo more viable in the long term. Much in the same way when Kodak
dropped their B&W papers they allow Ilford to fill the void and become viable
again.
I'm surprised that 3302 and 3378 weren't discontinued with the B&W intermediate
stocks of this go round.
John
On Saturday, August 30, 2014 9:21:49 AM, Edward Choi <e...@uchicago.edu> wrote:
I'm a little confused about the discontinuation of 7203 and 7207 in 100' rolls.
Does it really save them that much at the margins when they're continuing to
manufacture the stock itself and offer it in larger quantities? If someone who
knows more about the way their manufacturing chain is set up could explain
this, and perhaps disabuse me of my naivety, I would be most grateful!
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