Kodak going digital

ahsiang · 23rd January 2004

Just saw it on 6.30 pm chinese news. kodak going digital, going to retrench 1000 plus workers. Film users - any thoughts?

me switch from digital to film. hopefully fujifilm is not going on the same path.

I'm user of the following:

kodak - Tmax 100, 400 & Tri-X.
fujifilm - Velvia 50.

mich_2103 · 23rd January 2004

Hi,
I feel a bit sad to hear news like that.

But perhaps the rage of digital will pass, and film will make a comeback. Well, it worked for fashions so why can't it work for photography?

Regards,
-Michelle-

ahsiang · 23rd January 2004

Sorry mistake on the number of people going to be retrenched. It's estimated to be 12,000 to 15,000 from the film department. just saw it again on 10 pm news.

hope the film price won't be going up.

Kit · 23rd January 2004

My version of the news said Kodak will shave 13000 - 15000 positions, roughly about 25% of its total work force.

West_ray · 23rd January 2004

wah lau eh .... does tat means tat no more kodak film ???????????

West_ray · 23rd January 2004

can read the news here

Quote:

About 78 percent of Kodak's research and development dollars would be spent on digital photography by 2006, compared with about 66 percent now, it said. The rest would go to traditional film and services.
But the group insisted it had not abandoned film.

"Make no mistake - we remain committed to film and printed output, which are, and will continue to be, great businesses," Carp said.

well ... at least we know tat kodak film is not totally gone ...

Ah Pao · 24th January 2004

Digital is the future and film, in all odds, will not make a comeback. Digital is here to stay, but will not kill film.

Film will at worse become a specialist media, something like how b/w emulsions is seldom used today. At best it will be on par with digital. But it will never fade away.

TME · 24th January 2004

U mean the film division ar?? Woah! I thought it was the camera division. Cos Nikon is going to phase out all film P&S cameras.

sulhan · 24th January 2004

wowo....

Looks like not only has out Computer monitors, cameras, telephones has gone digital.

Looks like employments to has gone (binary) dual state....employed(I) or unemployed(0)...

rgds,
me

sevenWAYS · 24th January 2004

agree with ah pao on this that digital is the way of the future BUT will not kill flim entirely..........

each has their pros and cons.....

me started off with digital....... now shooting flim tooz

7ways

23rd January 2004	#1
ahsiang Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 259	Kodak going digital Just saw it on 6.30 pm chinese news. kodak going digital, going to retrench 1000 plus workers. Film users - any thoughts? me switch from digital to film. hopefully fujifilm is not going on the same path. I'm user of the following: kodak - Tmax 100, 400 & Tri-X. fujifilm - Velvia 50.

23rd January 2004	#4
Kit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bukit Timah / Melbourne CBD Posts: 6,036	My version of the news said Kodak will shave 13000 - 15000 positions, roughly about 25% of its total work force. __________________ arkitectural photography http://arkitecturalphoto.1x.com/

24th January 2004	#9
sulhan Advertiser Join Date: May 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,051	everything has to go digital....sad but true... wowo.... Looks like not only has out Computer monitors, cameras, telephones has gone digital. Looks like employments to has gone (binary) dual state....employed(I) or unemployed(0)... rgds, me

23rd January 2004	#2
mich_2103 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 198	Hi, I feel a bit sad to hear news like that. But perhaps the rage of digital will pass, and film will make a comeback. Well, it worked for fashions so why can't it work for photography? Regards, -Michelle-

23rd January 2004	#5
West_ray Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,149	wah lau eh .... does tat means tat no more kodak film ???????????

24th January 2004	#7
Ah Pao Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,578	Digital is the future and film, in all odds, will not make a comeback. Digital is here to stay, but will not kill film. Film will at worse become a specialist media, something like how b/w emulsions is seldom used today. At best it will be on par with digital. But it will never fade away.

24th January 2004	#8
TME Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Clementi Posts: 6,188	U mean the film division ar?? Woah! I thought it was the camera division. Cos Nikon is going to phase out all film P&S cameras.

24th January 2004	#10
sevenWAYS Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 127	agree with ah pao on this that digital is the way of the future BUT will not kill flim entirely.......... each has their pros and cons..... me started off with digital....... now shooting flim tooz 7ways