> From: Laurie Solomon > > Actually and interestinglly, according to an article I read in a trade > magazine here in the US (Professional Photographer, I believe), Kodak is > abandoning its entire film and film related R & D operation over the next > seven years. Its plan calls for it to go strictly into digital > according to > the article. I am not sure how much of this is fact, how much is > speculation, and how much is the old "film is dead" and "we will have a > paperless society" argument that some of the digital industry entrenched > writers are inclined to make. However, I am inclined to believe > that there > is a large grain of truth in what the article suggests. Over the past > decade, Kodak has ben turning to CEOs that lead high tech firms prior to > being recruited to Kodak (H-P's former CEO comes to mind) and has > dabbled in > the digital arena while cutting back on the number of knowledgable film > specialists in their employ.
I wish they'd maintain a small division that continued to market and process certain irreplaceable film products, like Kodachrome. It may not make them much money, but I would think they'd be able to at least break even. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
