[pure-silver] Re: Kodak Film
- From: afterswift@xxxxxxx
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:59:51 -0500
Aaron,
Kodak et al were too complacent. They didn't R&D innovation into the basic
chemistry of conventional photography to make it simpler. The entire emulsion
technology should have been revolutionized.
As for Nikon, Canon et all, digital was an unexpected windfall.
They already had the electronic format perfected for film cameras. All they
had to do was adapt the circuitry to serve the sensor. The front end of the
camera was an already amortized investment. Not only that, but digitals need no
motorized film advance. No need for code reading on cassettes. Once in
production, Nikon et al probably make more money per digital than they did on
the film bodies.
By contrast, Kodak et al just coasted along on the expectation that film would
have no viable competitors. After all, TV and Polaroid failed to even threaten
conventional film. And it's a long way from the gross scanner to a
sophisticated camera sensor.
Best,
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: oboeaaron@xxxxxxx
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 7:18 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Kodak Film
Hi Bob,
That's as may be, but how is current film not "easy and fast to develop and
print?" The speed benefits of digital (in terms of consumer photography, mind
you - I'm not turning in my Luddite card yet) have been somewhat overblown in
an environment of pervasive one-hour minilabs. Online distribution (email and
web) and cost are the "killer apps" of digital, though I and I'm sure others on
this list have run the numbers and found the cost argument to be a red herring.
I do fully agree with the previous point about digital being a serendipitous
surge at the end of an already declining cycle, and having almost run its own
course. Joe consumer doesn't need a 20+MP digital any more than he needed a
Hasselblad.
Best regards, From the armchair of: Aaron Reece Oswego, NY, USA 60" snow
accumulation since Monday and another 40+" projected through Friday . . .
On Feb 7, 2007, at 7:39 PM, afterswift@xxxxxxx wrote:
If R&D people inside or outside Kodak could deliver film that is easy and fast
to develop and print, digital will not monopolize photography. Kodak has been
sleeping on this front for almost 100 years. They got a rude awakening.
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