Portra NC160 in Readyload version?

**Patrick Arnold** · 27-Sep-2003, 11:10

anyone know if kodak is planning on making a readyload version of portra nc160?

**Bruce Watson** · 27-Sep-2003, 11:46

Twelve-to-one against.

**John Downie** · 27-Sep-2003, 11:55

I'll take the over on twelve-to-one. No way, given the new "strategy" of Kodak.

**Patrick Arnold** · 27-Sep-2003, 18:54

interesting...what is kodak's new strategy?

**Jim Rice** · 27-Sep-2003, 22:40

Getting out of the film business.

**MIke Sherck** · 28-Sep-2003, 20:38

Kodak has announced (last week) that they've discontinued research into new film technologies. They still make and sell film (and have just built a new film coating plant, from which black and white emulsions are coming,) so I expect that they won't discontinue making film (60% of their corporate profits come from film -- sales, processing, etc.), but they say they won't invest in anything new.

Thus, I expect that the products they have today are the products they will have tomorrow -- with the exception of what they discontinue over time.

Mike

**Ellis Vener** · 30-Sep-2003, 11:31

Kodak has announced (last week) that they've discontinued research into new consumer film technologies.

. I think Kodak has already released a Readyload version of 160NC. and I seem to recall that Fuji has released a Quickload version of NPS & NPL.