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Kodak To Stop Making Black and White Paper

Posted by Zonk on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Swirsky writes "For those of us who remember spending quality time in a dark room with Kodak Rapid RC paper and a bottle of Dektol, here's some bad news - Kodak will stop making black and white photographic paper. Black and white photo work (especially because you can use a safelight!) is a wonderful way of introducing someone to photography. I guess if we want to do it, we'll have to use home-made emulsions on paper. As a pro photographer, I'm bothered by this, though admittedly I haven't done b/w darkroom work in years."

3 of 501 comments (clear)

  1. Re:DSLR seems like the only way to go by koreaman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Digital cameras are still way crappier than film cameras.

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  2. Re:Mod parent DOWN by James+Youngman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The fact that you disagree is no reason to mod articles down, check the moderation rules.

  3. Re:Who cares .... by Moofie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "So, now my dream of an exibit of my old work (including the first Woodstock Festival as well as the Vietnam anti-war protests in DC and NYC and Berkeley) in 16x20 and larger is dead?"

    What's it been, 30, 35 years? When were you planning on realizing your dream? Or are you too busy masturbating about your own superior negative making skills?

    You might be a great photographer and all, but your post makes you sound like a real prick.

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