Right, now is the time to ride the wave of emotion, the heated passion that shows little signs of slowing down. No argument. I'll add my voice to yours.alan doyle wrote: divide and rule,typical apathetic response above..
we need to kick up a stink now...
No, but why would we expect it to be? It would have been nice if Kodak had hosted focus groups and tried to really discover how best to meet our needs, but it is usually competition for a lucrative market that drives a company to do that sort of thing. Kodak has no competition in Super 8. No one is making Super 8 cameras anymore and it's unlikely that anyone will start doing so again, so Super 8 film sales will never again become a growth market.alan doyle wrote: the choice for 64t,was not based on a democratic open comunication with this site..
No business can survive without beans.alan doyle wrote: as usual it was bean counters loking at figures and asa numbers..
This is the remark I have the biggest problem with. It's just too general. I don't know how 64T will stack up against other potential S8 film stocks, but it is simply not true that new films are always better than old films. Better in what way? 64T is newer than Kodachrome, but it is doubtful that it is better in every respect. It's better in that it can be readily processed by hundreds of labs around the world, but it's not better in terms of archival qualities. IMO, there has never been a black and white sheet film that has come close to the magic of Super XX. The new-fangled T-MAX T-grain films don't have near the expansion and contraction capability of the old Super XX, nor do they offer visually better resolution in an 8x10 contact print. On the other hand, the T-MAX films are cheaper to manufacture than Super XX was, and are less environmentally damaging to manufacture and to process, and are more economical in the use of silver, and can be processed more efficiently. You have to qualify such statements. You can't just say new films are better.alan doyle wrote: now we can roll over or jump up and down and say 64t is the best stock..
it is a 13-15 years old...how can it be...
