[pure-silver] Re: 220 Gone Bye Bye?

 Hi Everyone,
 
 I think Kodak, Fuji and Ilford want to keep their options open. There are 
certain lines of digitals that are losing money now, from what I've read. There 
are consumers who won't touch a digital camera now or ever. They'll never be at 
home with that abstract technology. They constitute a sizable market. 
 
 Film will redefine its function and position in the product mix. We're going 
through a period of reorientation and the new direction indicated by developing 
techology in film as well as digital. The problem is that many folks are 
looking backward to predict the future. There are a lot of wild cards in the 
future's hand.
 
 Bob R
    
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 From: mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx
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 Sent: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 8:48 AM
 Subject: [pure-silver] Re: 220 Gone Bye Bye?
 
  > 
>    There's no altruistic element in there at all..
> don't believe the
> marketing hype. They are all in it, to make money.
> That's why businesses
> exist. It's possible that the smaller shops are also
> in it for the love of
> the product they sell, but reality will soon come
> knocking on their doors.
> 
I don't entirely agree with you Justin.  Traditionally
- yes Kodak is and always has been in business to make
money, and any company that wants to survive will have
to make some money.  That said, the film business is
going to end up quite a bit different in a decade or
so than it was a decade ago.  There are plenty of
businesses which are not very profitable, but people
go into them for the love of the art - how else would
you explain so many starving artists?
Many of the companies that make products to support
hobbies operate on a shoestring, and with profit
margins that would never fly in a 'real' business -
but they are there because the people in those
businesses truly love the business and are willing to
do it for far less financial gain than they could get
doing something else.

I have no doubt that there are good people working at
Kodak and at Fuji who are doing the jobs that they are
doing largely for the love of photography.  I doubt
very much that many of these people sit on the board
of directors, who have a responsibility to
shareholders who are there purely for the profit -
that is what puts Kodak and Fuji in such a difficult
position.  There is a better chance that smaller
companies, more focused only on film will survive,
with profits that are thinner than Yellow and Green
can justify.




 
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