[rollei_list] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All B&W Paper

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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