[LargeFormat] Kodak to Stop Making Film-Based Cameras!

[LNPhoto]

On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, at 12:36  PM, Clive Warren wrote:

> Seven hours ago, Kodak announced to the world its withdrawal from the 
> traditional-camera market in Western Europe, the US and Canada. They 
> will still be making film, but this is another nail in the coffin of 
> film as Kodak concentrate on their digital products.


Well most of the news reports concentrated on the death of the APS 
format.  At first I thought you were wrong about the "withdrawl of the 
traditional camera market"  but I read the press release and yes it's 
true, Kodak will not be making a reusable 35mm camera by the end of 
2004.  At first I was shocked.

Then I thought... wait a minute...how many of us can name ANY kodak 
35mm camera besides the Retina and maybe the VR35. How many of us 
actually bought a real Kodak camera in the last 20, 30 years???

  I had to look on the B&H website to find out that yes they still make 
ONE real camera (not a fixed focus point and shoot)

The truth is, they've been marginalized in the real camera market for 
decades, and dropping one or two cameras isn't a big surprise. They 
will still make disposable cameras and lots of film.

While it's getting a lot of press, we knew the APS format was dead on 
arrival for a multitude of reasons, and Kodak dropping the last of it's 
mediocre cameras in no big deal.


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