Digital BW, The Print

Well then I'm glad you're relaxed about it.  It would be nice to hear less
bemoaning over the gradual disappearance of film and associated equipment.

Have fun

Steve


> From: Tyler Boley <tyler@...>

>> 
>> Given the trends in film production and particularly B&W film production,
>> film enthusiasts would do well to bandy together and identify a means of
>> protecting their access to this raw production material they hold so dear.
>> Would a niche company like MIS be interested in, for example, in acquiring
>> or arranging for film production facilities and acquiring the rights to
>> start producing specialist films such as the beloved Tech Pan again? (I can
>> imagine an impassioned plea to Kodak securing such rights for very little
>> cost.) Presumably if it's so good there is a ready market willing to pay for
>> such a niche product - even if it has to be priced at a multiple (4x, 5x?)
>> of what it once traded at? An entrepreneurial person, passionate about B&W
>> film, would do well to investigate such an opportunity if they want to see
>> the format survive.
> 
> That's almost humorous Steve. Don't worry about us, we'll be fine, even
> without ink 
> companies taking a hard left turn into film manufacture...
> 
> T