>Why wouldn't Kodak, Fuji, etc. want to locate there and continue production? I believe I recall reading about some Chech or Hungarian B&W film. Surely Russia must have made its own film, and perhaps still does.
>If the major companies cut back on their film production, surely independent companies in eastern Europe (or even Ferrania) will see an opportunity and fill the void. Of course, it won't be of the quality we are used to, unless such companies license technology from today's big players. >Joe Yes, I agree. I think it is very likely to happen. It's easy to extrapolate that DSLRs will completely take over, and soon -- when one is living in a "first world" country. But that is not the whole world, only the part of it most of us are familiar with. And computer usage is also not universal by far in even the "first world." Marnie aka Doe Yup, agree, likely to happen. Though I would guess home grown companies more than existing companies moving plants. But who knows?
