This is probably the first astronomical meeting with a serious photographic content where Kodak has not been represented. We had invited Gordon Brown who was once responsible for the scientific imaging market to come and talk to us about the availability of spectroscopic emulsions. However, I was told the Company no longer has a person responsible for scientific plates, a fact which I interpret with some foreboding and a great deal of sadness. It therefore falls to me to fill this part of the program with a statement that has been approved, or at least not contested, by Eastman Kodak.