The daylight spool issue is important. I always try to remember to ask the lab 
to return them otherwise they keep them and sell them. Eventually they
 wear and/or bend, but someone must still be making them. Do Kodak make their 
own.?

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---- Chris Kennedy wrote ----

>The past couple years I've actually been heartened by the other film 
>manufacturing companies out there, as we've been working to stock LIFT's store 
>with options. Even while kodak's offerings are diminishing, there have been a 
>lot of replacement options (many which have been hiding in plain sight). Adox, 
>Agfa (smaller quantities can be ordered through wittner), orwo, foma.  
>Ferrania will be making announcements in mid September, so I look forward to 
>hearing what they have come up with. Although, they need to get in production 
>soon to take advantage of kodak's collapsing of stocks.
>
>The worry, of course, is that certain elements of lab printing and general 
>peripheries (daylight spools, super 8 cartridges) that are largely supported 
>by the volume of kodak's production will start to disappear. Wittner has 
>stated that they have enough super 8 cartridges to last quite a few years, but 
>we're still looking for a good stock of daylight spools. 
>
>And of course, what will labs do in the next couple years?
>
>Best
>Chris
>
>
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