Re: OT-Kodak's digital sales overtake that of film
- From: Jim Polaski <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:22:32 -0600
In article <m7MDf.8163$s9.5815@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"zara" <zspook@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Jim Polaski" <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:jpolaski-B18804.09573531012006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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.
I never said that that wasn't their goal, however, when Kodak has reps
that visit your studio and ask what they can do, and when Kodak
advertised to the pros, when kodak asked pro's to research groups and
didn't listen to what was said, the picture is clear, no pun intended.
--
Regards,
JP
"The measure of a man is what he will do while
expecting that he will get nothing in return!"
.
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