I read yesterday that as part of their restructuring programme Kodak have stopped production of film strip plastic. Sadly 60 people have been laid off. So what?
Well, the plastic strip in question is the vital physical layer onto which chemical is spread to create slide or negative film for traditional analogue cameras. As Kodak gave up film and slide sales a while back I assume this output went to other companies and emerged on the market under another suppliers name. Where they'll get their supplied from (if anywhere) isn't explained. It seems likely to me that other companies are pulling out of the analogue media market combined with the inevitable decline in demand.
So perhaps, apart from slide, negative and photo scanning companies, who is handling physical film material these days?
