David Graves
Member
Kodak just released its Q3 results. Film is less than one third of its business, but still showed a profit and goodness knows had positive cash flow. On its website Kodak poses the question "What do Kodak and Zombies have in common?"--I'm not making that up....So, which Kodak film would you miss the most if Kodak were to disappear? (No Kodachrome answers allowed, as it already did go away.)
maclaine
Well-known
Tri-X, hands down.
bmattock
Veteran
Tri-X yada yada yada
MartinP
Veteran
The problem is that they will choose the 'winner' to get terminated next, just to make people buy more of the rest . . . .
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Sadly, the film division continues its double digit declines quarter after quarter, though.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
I won't miss anything Kodak anymore, they've already lost me. I don't want to use things I can't rely on being available the next time I go to buy.
f6andBthere
Well-known
That's not hard:
Something dead with obvious signs of decay, though appears to be alive!
charjohncarter
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JPSuisse
Well-known
Now that Kodachrome 64 and Elite Chrome 400 are gone, I honestly don't think I'll miss Kodak. For color photography, I've pretty much gone Fuji film and digital now.
Maybe Kodak made a marketing mistake when they dropped Kodachrome thinking that customers would switch to Ektachrome. I don't really have anything against Ektachrome, but oddly, I can't buy it at any local stores. So... "Hello Fuji!"
Sure, I use Tri-X. But other stuff is good too.
I don't understand why German and Japanese companies can survive in mature markets and American companies just gradually kill themselves. Probably, I should start migrating to something other than Tri-X. Kodak has become a very unpredictable company to me. I wouldn't be surprised, if Tri-X suddenly disappears just like Kodachrome.
JP
Maybe Kodak made a marketing mistake when they dropped Kodachrome thinking that customers would switch to Ektachrome. I don't really have anything against Ektachrome, but oddly, I can't buy it at any local stores. So... "Hello Fuji!"
Sure, I use Tri-X. But other stuff is good too.
I don't understand why German and Japanese companies can survive in mature markets and American companies just gradually kill themselves. Probably, I should start migrating to something other than Tri-X. Kodak has become a very unpredictable company to me. I wouldn't be surprised, if Tri-X suddenly disappears just like Kodachrome.
JP
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Fuji's film sales death spiral has had the same trajectory as Kodaks over the last several years.
JPSuisse
Well-known
And?
Fuji brought back Velvia 50. It's really the best alternative to Kodachrome now. (At least, if you want to shoot as wide as possible in bright light.)
Like I said, I probably won't miss Kodak. Now let's see, if they can put a Fuji sensor in that Leica Mx camera....
Fuji brought back Velvia 50. It's really the best alternative to Kodachrome now. (At least, if you want to shoot as wide as possible in bright light.)
Like I said, I probably won't miss Kodak. Now let's see, if they can put a Fuji sensor in that Leica Mx camera....
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flip
良かったね！
Well, it's either culture or government. In either case, it's a national choice. Bummer, that.
David Graves
Member
A counter-example to the observation about German industry would be the entire camera sector (Leica is the exception that proves the rule) --though one could argue that it didn't die in the mature industry phase; instead, it was during a period of rapid growth....
lawrence
Veteran
Surely Agfa died as a direct result of digital? And any company that has been in the same line of business for over one hundred years must surely be considered 'mature'?
photogdave
Shops local
I'd miss Ektar 100. I've really grown to like it.
rphenning
Established
i am not looking forward to the day they discontinue portra.
Roger Vadim
Well-known
Well, tri-x is replacable (almost) with Neopan 400 - if you can live with the slightly different tonal range. But the new T-max 400 is great and I would def. miss it... strange ey? They won't kill tri-x though.
The 120 Tri-x 320 is also truly georgous. surely missed if abandoned.
The 120 Tri-x 320 is also truly georgous. surely missed if abandoned.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Yeah, that German company Agfa sure knew how to survive. Strangely, I liked Agfachrome 50S and Agfachrome 64 about as much as Kodachrome -- except for the (lack of) archival properties. And Agfacolour and Agfachrome 1000 were the best super speed emulsions, IMO.
Anyway, I think they'll kill of Plus-X if the next "loser" is a b&w film.
Anyway, I think they'll kill of Plus-X if the next "loser" is a b&w film.
I thought it was pretty weak. I also thought my 80 yr old mother was going to have a heart attack. It should have a "mature" rating somewhere. The comments on FB are much stronger, is anyone looking at them?
