Two articles that might be of interest appeared in the March 9th
edition of the highly respected British Journal of Photography.
The first concerns Ilford. It says the "new" company will retain all
existing film lines except SFX200 (shame!) as well as all existing
papers and liquid chemistry. Dry chemistry products. warm tone
developers and a number of abandoned papers will be reintroduced in
the next few months and it is hoped to enter new markets such as glass
plate coating. Managing Director Phil Harris said: "We are committed
to black and white". The Mobberley (Cheshire, England) plant will
retain all 380 staff now employed there. Harris predicts that the
present decline in monochrome will flatten out "as we reach the core
of fine art, student and specialist black and white photographers. We
plan to be the last man standing in black and white imaging".
The other article is an overview of digital camera systems. Not known
for "spin", BJP really does seem to endorse the Oly 4-thirds system
and its telecentric lens system.
"The Four Thirds system was designed with this requirement [large lens
mount diameter related to sensor size to exploit telecentric lens
design] in mind and, at 46mm, the flange opening is a little more than
twice the sensor diagonal"
It concludes: "What we should be seeking now is the format that offers
the best possible platform [for digital capture]..... It would be a
truly remarkable coincidence if this just happened to be the 35mm
format.......but it simply doesn't square with the optical and
physical consideration of the digital medium. It's time to move on and
start thinking small".
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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