Eclair Cameras: Aaton and Kodak

[RT <cinesota@yahoo.com>]

I agree with Julian's statements regarding Aaton.  They are and always 
have been a company for and about filmmakers, particularily independent 
filmmakers.  I had an opportunity to carry on a correspondence with Jean 
Pierre and he is a true gentleman and was delighted to hear that the ACL 
had a life after the death of Eclair.  He wanted to join the Eclair 
List.  We tried for awhile to get him onto the Eclair List but due to 
some technical glitches he was unable to receive Topica list messages.  
My feeling is the Aminima is what the ACL would have become had Eclair 
not folded years ago.  I encourage anyone who is interested to stop by 
the Aaton.com website and read the company history.   It is very 
enlightening.

As far as Kodak goes, well Kodak is Kodak.  Their website is a mess and 
impossible to navigate.  Finding anyone to talk to that can help you can 
sometimes be an exercise is futility.  When I sent them an email about 
the compatibility of the Aminima stock with the ACL it was probably read 
by some guy paid to read email all day and he didn't have a clue as to 
what the ACL was.  I think Kodak tries hard to cater to the indie 
filmmaker but with a company as large as theirs they often don't pull it 
off.  Their bread is buttered by their consumer products and their large 
institutional customers.  I don't mean to bad mouth Kodak.  I love their 
film stocks and they still support Super 8mm.  I know that Kodak 
threatens to kill Super 8 every couple of years and as soon as they do 
they are flooded with petitions and emails telling them not too.  Maybe 
if everyone on the list sent an email telling them about the type of 
camera they use and what type of stock they like, then Kodak might get 
the message that there is more than Arriflex and Aaton out there.  It's 
worth a try.

-Ray

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