That's sad!
I remember the first Cibachrome I had made. It had been renamed Ilfochrome a
few years hence by then, but people in the know switched terms every other
sentence. Took me a while to figure out they were one and the same... :-)
The first thing I thought was that the 50x70 cm print looked better than a
projection of the original slide, both in colour and contrast, to the point
that it became a serious boost to my photographic self-confidence.
The lab I used had around 10 employees working full time to produce
enlargements in 1998. They provided all kinds of chemical processes, but
they had a particularly good reputation for skill with Cibachromes. Six
years later, in 2003, all the print production except Cibas had ceased, and
the company was reduced to one man. Last time I commissioned Ciba prints
from him was in 2006. By then he produced on rapidly dwindling demand; he
said he could notice the difference from one month to the next. I just
checked now, and his company name is still registered with the authorities,
so I suppose he has a small turnover still, until his supplies of paper and
chemistry runs out.
With the rising quality of prints from other processes I'm not sure if I'll
miss the Cibas as such. But I certainly miss the excellence in craftsmanship
and personal service provided, first by the company, then by the man.
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "P. J. Alling" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:51 PM
Subject: CibaChrome is dead.
It happened sometime last year, and I didn't even notice it. In
combination with Kodachrome, if you did everything right, you could
produce startlingly beautiful prints. Ilford announced sometime last year
that they were discontinuing the product, (Ilfochrome), due to falling
demand. A moment of silence please...
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