Being in Europe, it's already 2006 as I write this, but being ahead of the U.S. timezones, there's still enough time to remind whomever cares to raise a glass of orange juice (that's what I did) to say farewell to Agfa.

Call me a romantic, but I thought it was a matter of respect for a great —beloved?— company and a high quality family of products which many of us have used and many others had grown to depend upon.

As long as photographs still exist which were printed on Agfa paper, or negatives exposed on Agfa film —or even negatives of other brands developed in Agfa developer ... no need to say "rest in peace". Agfa will always be there .. or, I should say, have been there. Thanks, Agfa, for the memories you allowed us to record, and thanks for your important contributions to the world of traditional photography.