better Kodak reorganization

I read that Kodak is going to focus on printing, packaging and software

I read they are selling their film business but keeping their motion
picture business

what the strategic planners their should do is

1) map out ALL the imaging workflows
2) indicate all participations, systems or products
3) identify customers and partners
4) build business cases


and don't forget

5) ask why there aren't participations
6) keep up with changes in workflows
7) central system offerings are best to vie
8) create better workflows

 

Keep one thing in mind: Kodak's past management wasn't very bright.
These are they guys who once tasked their people with finding a way to
kill the digital revolution to protect their film business.

 

.... really they did? Almost too funny to be true. What plan did Kodak
devise to kill digital photography?

 

they invented it and they knew it would replace film, they just didn't
expect it would be so quick.

 

Sounds like Xerox Corporation who tried to suppress an invention devised
by the scientists at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, basically a
personal computer. Their reason for suppressing it: we make our money
from copying machines and this device might bring about a paperless
society. They feared losing their customer base of copying machine users.

http://www.amazon.com/Fumbling-Future-Invented-Personal-Computer/dp/1583482660

 

That is a slightly unkind caricature but unfortunately is also not too
wide of the mark. I was an early adopter of Kodaks Pro PhotoCD scanning
service which at the time was incredible. Drum scanning was a real PITA.

Then they launched Kodak PictureCD which was ISTR a sub 2Mpixel poxily
compressed JPEG with no redeeming features. Most users of PhotoCD bought
a Nikon scanner after one experience of getting useless PictureCD
confusion after asking for PhotoCD and *NEVER* went back.

Kodak marketing was brilliant at shooting itself in the foot with both
barrels. I bought my newly released DC-120 digicam as remaindered stock
because they launched the numerical permutation DC-210 only weeks later.

If you wanted to sow confusion it is hard to imagine a better strategy.

The film guys really were in control and didn't want digital spoiling
their party. They failed to spot that the winds of change were coming.

 

That is a slightly unkind caricature but unfortunately is also not too
wide of the mark. I was an early adopter of Kodaks Pro PhotoCD scanning
service which at the time was incredible. Drum scanning was a real PITA.

Then they launched Kodak PictureCD which was ISTR a sub 2Mpixel poxily
compressed JPEG with no redeeming features. Most users of PhotoCD bought
a Nikon scanner after one experience of getting useless PictureCD
confusion after asking for PhotoCD and *NEVER* went back.

Kodak marketing was brilliant at shooting itself in the foot with both
barrels. I bought my newly released DC-120 digicam as remaindered stock
because they launched the numerical permutation DC-210 only weeks later.

If you wanted to sow confusion it is hard to imagine a better strategy.

The film guys really were in control and didn't want digital spoiling
their party. They failed to spot that the winds of change were coming.

 

That is a slightly unkind caricature but unfortunately is also not too
wide of the mark. I was an early adopter of Kodaks Pro PhotoCD scanning
service which at the time was incredible. Drum scanning was a real PITA.

Then they launched Kodak PictureCD which was ISTR a sub 2Mpixel poxily
compressed JPEG with no redeeming features. Most users of PhotoCD bought
a Nikon scanner after one experience of getting useless dealer PictureCD
confusion after asking for PhotoCD and *NEVER* went back.

Kodak marketing was brilliant at shooting itself in the foot with both
barrels. I bought my newly released DC-120 digicam as remaindered stock
because they launched the numerical permutation DC-210 only weeks later.

If you wanted to sow confusion it is hard to imagine a better strategy.

The film guys really were in control and didn't want digital spoiling
their party. They failed to spot that the winds of change were coming.

 

*snip*

Ladies and gentlemen, this doesn't have anything to do with MATLAB, so
please remove comp.soft-sys.matlab from the newsgroups list when you reply
to this thread. Thanks!

 

I did read the article, so I'll see if I can dig it up for you. Yes,
Kodak tried to stave off digital to save their film business.

 

OK, not a CEO, but a product manager:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/kodak_eulogy.shtml

Still, what a moron...

 

I also bought a Nikon scanner years ago which is now catching dust on a
cupboard. Haven't used it for years, because using it is so complicated
and the quality is poor compared to digital.

 

try different software, such as vuescan. nikon's software was pretty
bad.

 

Well, then., sell it to me or put it on eBay. The Nikon scanners (all
except the lowest-end model) are sought after. Used with Vuescan or
Silverscan, they do a great job.

 

There are numerous examples of large companies being wholly and
illogically resistant to change. Sony, GM, Bell, the list of
casualties and soon-to-be casualties goes on.

 

Alfred Molon:

Is it really so bad? Here's some of my scans, using
a Nikon Coolscan at 2900 dpi:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59075928/sergey02.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59075928/sergey26.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59075928/sergey29.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59075928/sergey36.jpg

And no, it is not complicated once you learn to use
it.

 

I still have one of the old 35mm design (hence the 70% crop). It is less
of a faff than firing up tetchy SCSI peripherals on an old machine.

 

what does a full frame sensor have to do with using a scanner?

if you're thinking of slide duplicators (lens, bellows, slide holder),
those work on fx or dx, but it's not as good as a scanner.

having both photocd and picturecd was stupid.

 

Here is an example scan from the Nikon scanner:
http://www.molon.de/images/F21_35.jpg