> > BTW folks: Lost in the announcement that there will be no > more Minolta > > cameras is the fact that there will also be no more Konica > film after > > March 2007. > > > http://news.com.com/Konica+Minolta+abandons+cameras%2C+film/2100-1041_ > > 3-6028551.html?tag=nefd.top > > > > This doesn't give the definitive answer to the question in > the subject > > line of this thread, but it's one helluva hint. > > > > > > It (discontinuing their line of film) almost follows > logically from their abandoning cameras. >
I think it's more interesting than them pulling out of the camera business. When I've been in Africa it has struck me that the most advertised film, and possibly the most widely available, was Konica. I wonder where this leaves the argument that the 3rd world will sustain the film industry. Bob
