Hand writing on the wall

Very interesting.

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Draco


Getting even isn't good enough.

 

This could be a good thing for film users. Let someone else take over
and invest in R&D for new products.

No company has encouraged the decline of film more than Kodak, by
refusing to invest.

 

WOW....thanks for sharing that info Draco.
Helen

 

No big lost, there's other film makers still putting out film that's as good
if not better than the kodak run of the mill stuff.


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Okay StarLord, who?

Who produced more film than Kodak? Who is producing more B&W paper
and color papers? Who is producing B&W films in the quanity and
quality of Kodak and its chemistrys? Fuji? Ilford? Some hole in the
wall group that makes a thousand rolls a year?? I would like to know.

Draco

Getting even isn't good enough.

 

o?

Kodak dropped all black & white paper, so everyone's producing more than they
are.
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There will continue to be film aficionados, regardless of what Kodak does.
If Kodak drops out of film that might represent opportunities for others.

Kodak has been hit with a killer technology that has interrupted the flow of
revenue--a flow that had lasted for nearly a century--and Kodak is
scrambling. They don't see film as a product with a future because they are
so huge that they must rely upon huge revenue-producing products in order to
remain viable.

Google is growing ("digital") and Kodak is shrinking. The big dollars are
in digital, not in analog. This does not mean that other companies could be
quite profitable selling and supporting film. Fuji seems to remain
committed to it.

It is analogous to LPs. Everyone thought that vinyl would disappear, yet
one may still buy turntables, cartridges, styli and accessories (albeit
online, not at every neighborhood record store).

The sky isn't falling--except for Kodak.

 

Kodak ain't hardly ancient! They are on THE cutting edge of digital
photography. THE CUTTING EDGE. The Hassey 39 MG sensor, the absolute
best in photography is a Kodak product.

 

Why throw good money after bad?

Film is like James Brown. It's dead, but it just hasn't been buried
yet.

 

I agree that selling a profitable division (film) only to invest the
proceeds in a loss making division (digital) does seem like throwing
good money after bad.

Kodak has never made a penny profit on digital.

 

When you think about it, they are not likely to, either....They are an
artistically oriented company....Almost like an art supply store. In order
to compete with the digital guys, they have to be 90% electronic oriented,
and this just wasn't their "shtick" for the last 100 years or so. Catching
up in industries that large is probably very hard to do.....

 

You are absolutely right.

Sad to say it, William, but I think Kodak's days of downsizing and
layoffs are only just beginning.