[rollei_list] Digital and losing money

Where did you read they are losing money? That one does not make sense. The 
only thing that might fit is film companies that are selling digital cameras 
are cutting away at their potential film revenues, but if they do not do it 
others will cut away at it for them and then they lose on both counts.
 Nikon is the only major camera manufacturer to release a high-end film 
camera, the F6. It is not selling very well though. All others have stopped 
except for a few mid-range film models like the EOS Elan 7, etc.
 Peter K
 On 6/16/05, Dan Kalish <kaliushkin@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong but I was under the impression that most, if not
> all, companies that sell digital cameras are losing money on them.
> 
> And I sure hope Nikon doesn't drop its film camera line in favor of 
> digital.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > From: John Browning <j_browning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper
> > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:14:40 -0700
> >
> > This company has show continued loss of focus. Its vacillated for
> > years between film and digital. Only in the last year or so has it had
> > appreciable success commercially with digital. Its focus on film has
> > been diminishing for more than 10-20 years. This has been a company
> > without a successful plan.
> >
> > It may find a niche somewhere in the future. But the niche it created
> > has largely been abandoned -- i.e. film dependent photography. I know
> > it has a high-end focus on digital and some degree of low-end consumer
> > acceptance. But I think it's missed the upscale "bourgeois" market in
> > digital which is occupied by Canon, Nikon, and Sony.
> >
> > John Browning
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 15, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Todd Belcher wrote:
> >
> > > Really? What do you base that on?
> > >
> > > todd
> > >
> > >
> > > On 15-Jun-05, at 2:36 PM, John Browning wrote:
> > >
> > >> The reality is that for a company like Kodak there is no profitable
> > >> niche...anywhere.
> > >> John Browning
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Jun 15, 2005, at 2:21 PM, TrueBadger@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> In a message dated 6/15/2005 10:48:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >>> DFStein@xxxxxxx writes:
> > >>>> Hope not but I would have concentrated on manufacturing and
> > >>>> MARKETING
> > >>>> WELL
> > >>>> a
> > >>>> premier paper for the high end niche. Wonder what John Sexton's
> > >>>> reaction
> > >>>> will be.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Reality is that for a firm the size of Kodak. there is no money in
> > >>> "high end
> > >>> niches" of any sort whatsoever. There never has been.
> > >>>
> > >>> G. King
> > >>>
> > >>>
> 
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