Here's what Big Yellow is saying:?(posted 8160 days ago)"Kodak Professional today ensured quality black-and-white photography well into the 21st century by announcing that its T- Max, Plus-X and Tri-X films are now being produced in a state-of- the-art facility utilizing modern manufacturing and emulsion processes that maintain the familiar, fundamental characteristics of the films while improving the physical characteristics of the negative. "
If Kodak planned to let the B/W part of its business dwindle down to nothing it wouldn't bother investing in a 'state of the art manufacturing facility' for just B/W films. They wouldn't even let their PR agency spend the billable hours talking about Tri-X. This tells me we're going to have Tri-X around for a few more years at least.
As far as the practical implications for me, so I spend twenty minutes with a densitometer and a shoot a few test rolls to be sure I'm ok. So what? Did anyone see evil plots when Ilford changed Delta 400? Did that 'screw' anyone?
I don't know about any of you but I'd rather have the knowledge that at least two large photo supply companies are still investing in B/W manufacturing technologies, even if it does inconvenience me, than watching the supplies of Tri-X dwindle down to nil.