Re: OT-Kodak's digital sales overtake that of film
- From: "zara" <zspook@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:23:53 -0500
"Jim Polaski" <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> the next branch to fall.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06013102kodaksales.asp
> snip>
> As a side note I can also say that through the years, Kodak, from a
> management standpoint, tried to give folks not so much what the
> consumer(and the Pro as well) wanted, but what Kodak decided was good
> for them and what Kodak wanted to sell(perhaps related to profit
> margin). There were numerous times since I opened my studio that Kodak,
> as far as the pros go, just wouldn't listen to what pros were asking for
> and just did what it wanted. Case in point would be Panatomic-x film.
> Many folks loved this for the studio. Kodak decided T-Max was better.
> While T-Max could have fine grain(the word is could) if you used the
> special developers and went through the trouble of re-calibrating all
> you do, T-Max never had the skin tone reproduction of Panatomic-x. It
> took a lot of finesse to make things look as good . Many went to Ilford
> or Agfa's products.
>
> Then, there was the joy of dealing with Kodak if you had some problem
> with their film...grrr...
I think that their sales philosophy was more to target the mass consumer
market, rather than the pros. Also the add on processing was a big money
maker for them.
.
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