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Originally Posted by wirehead  So it's just repackaged aviphot aerial film, not actually a "new" film.
I mean, that's great.... I think aerial film is interesting... but it's not quite as breathlessley cool. :P |
Keep in mind that any step from a tiny emulsion sample in R&D towards any production run (might it be as small in volume as possible) is a huge step.
ORWO once stated in an internal paper that even a R&D line resembling as close as possible any stages of the production line in a sort of puppet scale has only got a
slight chance of yielding the same product in production scale.
Thus there are quite some costs involved in creating something new.
Yes, there are new films made in the meaning of an emulsion not being manufactured before. But the majority of `new´ films a sales house as Maco can offer in such short time will have to have some past.
But as posted before consider Maco in doing so still as very innovative.
Further keep in mind that in the industry new concepts concerning the chemistry of development are followed, which gives the term `new film´ even another aspect.