[LRFlex] Re: interesting coffee break

Keven, my sincere hope is that Leica can come forth with the DMR in April as 
they state.  They claim it is a software problem and indeed if it is  true,  it 
is conceivable they will be able to rectify the problem and ship as promised.  
My fear, however, is that this may not be the real problem and there may be 
more to the story.

Dave
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kevin Mayo 
  To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:40 PM
  Subject: [LRFlex] Re: interesting coffee break


  Dave food for thought. Good post.
  Kevin

  Dave Saalsaa <SaalsD@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    I had an interesting coffee break with an old friend who used to be a 
    professional portrait photographer in my home town. Now he works for 
    Kodak's digital imaging division. He was visiting some old friends in town 
    and we had a chance to chat about the state of film and digital imaging 
    products. Various topics included the demise of Ilford, Agfa, looming 
    bankruptcy of Hasselblad and the projected dimise of Kodachrome. Seems a 
    new closed system for Kodachrome processing had been developed but arrived 
    too late on the scene. The processor operated on a sealed system of only 5 
    gallons of processor unlike the old system of about 450 gallons of various 
    processors and dye coupler fluids. I am not well versed on the exact 
process 
    but do know from him that the waste product of Kodachrome processing is 
    cyanide and invironmental concerns have le d to the closing of the many 
    Kodachrome processing centers in the US and around the world. It turns out 
    the new machine would have done away with these concerns but consumption of 
    Kodachrome being deminshed over the years didn't warrant the new technology 
    to pump life into waning Kodachrome sales. Very sad, eh Doug Herr?
    We also talked about the future of Kodak in the digital market and he said 
    although it is a very volatile industry, Kodak's role in digital cameras 
    looked fairly bright. Knowing that Kodak also had it's hands in the 
    development of the Leica Digital back for the R8 and R9 asked him about the 
    delay until spring of '05. He said he couldn't comment on that delay but 
    told me not to hold my breath. Without saying the words, he gave me the 
    impression that the digital back may not happen in April either. Makes the 
    Canon DSLR look all the more an option and if Leica can't deliver the 
    digital back at all it will not bode well for R9 sales.

    Dave 

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