Kodak bankruptcy soon inevitable?

[MWitmann]

If there is a void and a profit to be made, someone will fill the void.

Yes, probably. But it's a bit sad to see a resolution in that...

At least, for the moment, on the Fuji site the 160 NS is still available.

What a sheet situation

[vinny]

Don't think for a second that fuji is going to step up to the plate and take over where kodak left off. They don't have much interest in providing the u.s. with LF products and communicating with them is almost impossible.

[Gene McCluney]

You could still get the films you wish as long has you have the money to fund a special order. Trouble is, most stores and vendors won't gamble on that big an order.

[ignatiusjk]

Look for smaller film companies like Efke try them out and see where you get.

[Brian C. Miller]

The OP wants color film. If Kodak actually stopped producing color film (unlikely, given a billion feet per year for the film industry), then the old Agfa factories might start coating color. These factories are actually still in operation producing color 35mm. And of course there's Fuji. And Lucky.

Chapter 11 backruptcy simply means that the creditors are staved off for a while, and the company gets things straightened out. Business still happens, products keep rolling off the lines, etc., etc. The one that means "It's the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel Fine" is Chapter 7. Then everything gets sold for scrap.

[Mark Woods]

With the management that's in place, they'll probably spin off the film manufacturing. Building 38 has the capacity to make all the film Kodak can sell. BTW, motion picture imaging has the highest profit ratio of any division in Kodak. It's been supporting executive bonuses and bad business decisions. The NYSE has warned Kodak that it will be delisted if the price/share doesn't rise.

[Mark Woods]

BTW, the color neg for movies is an ECN2 process, not C41.

[rwhb1]

I suggest you look here.

http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/colour-film-14-c.asp

Russ

[nonuniform]

The article in question stated that Kodak is trying to use the bankruptcy as a way to auction their patent portfolio. They've been trying to sell the patents for a while now, but with no luck. Other companies have followed a similar process and been successful. Not that Kodak will emerge unscathed, but it's too soon to tell.

Why is everyone saying Portra is dead and no longer listed on the Kodak website? Am I the only one capable of using Google?

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/profe...ath=13319/1230

[MWitmann]

I suggest you look here.

http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/colour-film-14-c.asp

Russ

20 sheets pack of Fuji 160NS = 74£

Not bad at all....