<< AGFA will discontinue the production of their big continuous tone films,
like
N31p or GO210p and all the others belonging to that product family. Last
batch
will be coated in January 1997, than they'll sell it for 5 more years or so.
And
then we switch to wet collodion again...
>>
Hmmm.... Sad to know that.
With the direct computer-to-plate technology available now, even lith films
might disappear soon. (Larger print houses don't use negative anymore.
Smaller ones still use negative generated by image setter and then make the
plates. I think in 5-10 years the use of lith negs will be greatly reduced).
On the bright side, we will become rare experts by that time so that we can
buy the then so expensive lith films. :)
David S.