J and C Photo close up shop

Black and white photography supplier J and C Photo report in their updates page that they are going out of business:

Dear Customers,

Over the last few months while we have diligently tried to move and reorganize our operation’s in order to overcome major stumbling blocks which have come our way, we now find ourselves in an untenable position. While we thought we had overcome the major obstacles, recent events have now changed things once again. Threats of frivolous law suits, the expense involved in defending against them and suppliers unilaterally deciding to nullify contracts and do business with competitors have made it impossible to come back as planned. We therefore regrettably have decided it’s better to exit than continue to fight a battle that cannot be won.

We will not be re-opening our retail operation and wish all of our former customers the best.

We will continue to work the ULF and T-Max deals on a custom basis.

All T-Max orders already placed are still valid.

We would like to publicly thank Ilford and Kodak for their continued support during these difficult times.

JandC Photo

This is sad indeed.

OMFG! J and C Photo developing new film range!

As many of our customers know we have spent the last few months looking at how to best provide as many film choices as possible. We have looked at many ways to bring new films to the market. This includes plans going forward right now to operate our own coating facility and producing high quality films in various formulations.

Over the next 18-24 months we are planning on introducing the following films to the market. All films we produce will be available in 35mm roll and sheet film formats.

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Who said film was dead?

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