On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Herb Chong wrote: > part of the reason film is as cheap as it is is because there are a lot of > rolls of film being manufactured. the number of rolls in 2000 is about 15%
Then how can you explain Ilford? A niche manufacturer that produces much lower volumes of a specialist product and charges a competitve rate whilst still making a profit. They don't even use cheap 3rd-world labour. William Robb said they can do it because they have no competition. Poor Kodak; been wasting their time with Tri-X and T-grain (etc) then :-) No-one doubts that the consumer high-street processing end is going downhill fast. I think it was pretty over-saturated anyway. The essentially niche products of B&W, transparency, medium and large-format never went to the high-street in the first place. There is a pro lab just a few hundred yards from my office here in Sheffield, UK (Peak Imaging). They have just done a lot of cosmetic work on their building. They also have staff vacancies. Sound like a company on their last legs to you? Chris
