It seems Polaroid is not the only manufacturer struggling with the
unpleasant realities of C21st photographic industry :(
A source within Agfa UK tells me they have stopped making and selling their
entire range of prosumer flatbed scanners, the Studio range etc which a lot
of people use for RF and MF. These excellent scanners apparently just don't
turn a profit in today's ruthless market because low-end scanners are so
much cheaper, if not so good. Agfa can't now sell enough to keep the
product line viable. If you want one, be quick; there are still units in
the distribution chain.
Agfa got out of consumer digicams last year, and classic papers like the
beautiful Portriga and Record Rapid have been discontinued in recent years.
This leaves Agfa majoring on scientific, lab and reprographic products -
the latter is also an industry with problems. Employees have allegedly been
told to expect redundancies during 2002 at Agfa UK :(
Regards
Tony Sleep
- Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
& comparisons
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