Poul - , May 27, 2005; 03:21 a.m.
Development of 8x11 films, will be done directly at the Minox factory
for the next 10 years. Films can be sent directly and payed by credit
card.
This must also mean that films will be available for the next 10years.
Poul B-H
Die Weiterverarbeitung belichteter 8x11-Filme wird in Zukunft zentral
von der MINOX GmbH in Wetzlar organisiert. Damit schafft MINOX f�r
alle Kleinstbild-Fotografen im europ䩳chen Raum die Voraussetzungen,
auf eine hochwertige und zugleich schnelle und preisg�nstige
Fachlabor-Arbeit zur�ckgreifen zu k�nnen.
Mit einem auf das Stammhaus konzentrierten und dadurch insgesamt
gr�ߥren Auftragsvolumen werde, so MINOX-Gesch䦴sf�hrer Thorsten
Kortemeier, die Versorgung mit einer Qualit䴳-Entwicklung von Filmen
im 8x11-Kleinstbildformat �ber Deutschland hinaus f�r die n䣨sten
Jahrzehnte gesichert. Zus䴺lich wurde mit der Neustrukturierung die
M�glichkeit der Kreditkartenzahlung geschaffen, was vor allem die
Abwicklung f�r Kunden auߥrhalb Deutschlands erleichtern wird.
Nat�rlich k�nnen auch weiterhin Filme beim Foto-Fachhandel abgegeben
werden, oder sie sollten per Post direkt zu
MINOX,
Walter-Zapp-Str. 4,
35578 Wetzlar
geschickt werden. Ansprechpartner dort ist Frank Hausmann vom
Kundenservice.
Dan Victory , May 27, 2005; 10:31 a.m.
Interesting news considering that Agfa filed for insolvency today. I think they are making the
film still.
ginon lee , May 28, 2005; 09:41 a.m.
Shit!? is AGFA broke????
I'm fond of Agfa films!!!
Edward Zimmermann , May 28, 2005; 04:29 p.m.
"considering that Agfa filed for insolvency today. I think they are making the film still."
Agfa have NEVER made the Minox cartridges nor loaded them. MINOX has been doing this throughout its history--- in the 1950s they had a bunch of blind people doing it and today its handled by machines.
The film in the cartridges? Yes, several were made by Agfa but some like the APX-25 in Minopan-25 have been long out of production. MINOX stocked a larger amount of that film in cold storage and still has enough for quite a few years. Agfa materials, of course, are not about to vanish but rather they will downsize and morph a bit (just as everyone else in the photo industry, inclusive of the digital players). MINOX in concert with 8x11film.com offer quite a few more films including popular Kodak T-Max and Ilford Delta emulsions.
Jeff Drew 
, May 31, 2005; 08:25 p.m.
Adding to the above . . . let's not forget Acmel and the Fuji loaded carts. (1) 35mm
36exp. roll yields several loads for a Minox. I can imagine that a 30m roll of 35mm
would last for hundreds of Minox loads. My big worry is cartridge expense.
Robert Ottino 
, Sep 07, 2005; 10:51 a.m.
It is indeed good news for us in Europe to send our film to Wetzlar for processing. They have excellent turn-around from my first batch sent there. I have used and will most likely continue to use, Minox Labs in New York. I felt bad about sending my film to Wetzlar but since MPL is a bit slower these days, I thought I would give them a go. It was a bit more expensive than MPL but the results are amazing. They have different equipment than MPL but they do not leave the typical white border from MPL that I have grown to love. Anyway, it was a good run for me. Also, for those of us with too much time, Minox PAARZ, also in Germany has Minochrome loaded up and they too, do quite snappy turn around for even mounted slides. I think my film stayed but a day in their labs and it was back to me in short order. I will include one of my most recent shots! Enjoy!
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
