[rollei_list] Re: Chrome Films
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:42:58 -0800
Perhaps Carlos. But we both have our biases. You cling more to the past than
I. And 2007 is more than a year ago. Digital has issues due to the economy
but both Kodak and Fuji are seeing a continual decrease in film revenues.
Fuji in their latest revenue statements notes that digital is also down -2%,
but Year over Year Color films are down -33%, Photofinishing is down -30%,
and Labs and services are down -25%.
http://www.fujifilmholdings.com/en/pdf/investors/finance/materials/ff_fy_2008q3_001.pdf
Its just the way things are. The bright spot for both is that there are many
more motion pictures being made these days that before and they are using
film. It does have a certain look that digital cannot compete with just yet.
My point was not to argue or anger you, just to respond to the comment that
I said film would disappear. I think I said that a few years ago, not 10 as
you indicated. And I still hold to it. It is only a matter of time. While I
too still use film, I find myself using it less and less. Just more
convenient to use digital. But using my Rollei is a great hobby and I enjoy
it. So hopefully film will not go away too quickly. I dread just putting it
on a shelf.
Peter K
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza
<cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> It looks like your reading about the info was pretty partial Peter, Kodak
> is suffering the general economical problems and while their revenues for
> Film Capture and Photofinishing decreased 27% the 2008 fourth quarter, they
> also decreased revenues 23% from digital bussiness for identical period,
> even more, Consumer Digital Imaging Group full-year sales were $3.088
> billion, a 5% decline from 2007, sales for the fourth quarter were $958
> million, a 30% decrease from $1.372 billion in the prior-year quarter, in
> other words, Kodak revenues decrease is more significant for their digital
> bussiness than for the traditional Film Capture and Photfinishing segment:
> "The fourth-quarter loss was driven primarily by lower volume and price/mix
> impacts, particularly in Digital Capture and Devices, including lower
> intellectual property licensing royalties, and unfavorable foreign exchange,
> partially offset by cost improvements".
> Kodak had earnings from Film and Digital segments in 2007.-
>
> Carlos
>
>
>
> --- El lun 2-mar-09, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
>
> > De: Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Asunto: [rollei_list] Re: Chrome Films
> > Para: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fecha: lunes, 2 de marzo de 2009, 1:11 pm
> > BTW, Carlos. You may want to read the latest Kodak
> > financials. Film sales
> > are down another 27% from last year. The only good spot is
> > that Kodak lumps
> > their motion picture film in with film sales and that is
> > the one spot that
> > helps.
> >
> > But yes you are correct, film is still around. Its just
> > getting harder to
> > get developed. I have only 1 E-6 lab near me and he
> > processes now maybe one
> > every week or two. Used to be every 3 days.
> >
> >
> http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2709&pq-locale=en_US&gpcid=0900688a80a51309&pq-pf=1
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Carlos Manuel Freaza
> > <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- El dom 1-mar-09, Peter K.
> > <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> > >
> > > > Nah! E=Extinct.
> > >
> > > E-6 is as extinct like the film you announced would
> > disappear ten years
> > > ago.
> > >
> > > Carlos
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Cocina
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