Friday, June 17, 2005

Kodak to Discontinue Black-and-White Paper - Yahoo! News

los-mjackson"ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Ending a century-old tradition, Eastman Kodak Co. will soon stop making black-and-white photographic paper, a niche product for fine-art photographers and hobbyists that is rapidly being supplanted by digital-imaging systems.

Kodak said Wednesday it will discontinue production of the paper, specially designed for black-and-white film, at the end of this year. But the world's biggest film manufacturer will continue to make black-and-white film and chemicals for processing."
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Other companies will fill the void, so photographers need not be alarmed.
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