[rollei_list] Re: Digital and losing money

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 9:32 AM
Subject: [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


   This brings up one big difference between digital and 
conventional cameras: Kodak and others sold cameras in order 
to promote the sales of film. A digital camera is a stand 
alone and needs no extra supplies. One needs some memory 
chips but they are not used (or should not be used) for 
permanent storage so don't need to be replaced constantly as 
film does. Right now the life of a digital camera is 
probably rather limited because of the rapid change in 
technology so there is will be a continuing market in 
updated cameras, but this will not last forever. Companies 
like Kodak were guranteed a continuing market for film and 
other expendible materials. For digital the only expendibles 
are printer supplies, i.e., paper and ink, and to some 
extent portable memory such as CD-ROM discs. At the moment 
there are many suppliers of each of these items, mostly not 
the makers of digital cameras.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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