Kodak ceasing production of all film - FALSE ALARM

[Rob-F]

Let's do the math:

(No Kodak digital products) + (no kodak film) = (no Kodak)

 

[__hh]

My gut feeling is that the Kodak rep cut & pasted a canned response, but forgot to replace "KODAK Film" with the specific type 🙂


For sale: Kodak BW400CN film. $20 per roll 🙂

 

[paulfish4570]

let's add some fuel to this particular fire (yes, it's old, but it's fun):

http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/3687-kodak-switching-from-camera-film-to-thin-film-sola

 

[Roger Hicks]

I'd be REALLY surprised if this were the case. I'd guess it's just the BW400CN.

Cheers,

R.

 

[wilonstott]

This is crap.

Come on man.

I'm having coffee.

And I read this sh#t headline.

Stomach sinks.

Wtf, man?

Obviously a typo.

Might as well be a Fox News reporter.

 

[BlackXList]

I've just spoken to the person on the end of that phone number, and he's told me that Kodak ceased production of ALL films at the start of the year, they still have stock of some, but they have ceased production of everything.

I asked if this was a permanent thing or just during the reorganisation, and as far as he was aware it is permanent.

Of course the Kodak shop line is primarily concerned with printers and easyshare cameras rather than film, but that was the information that I got from them.

I'd love for someone else to get a different answer, but that seems to be where it stands at the moment

 

[paulfish4570]

or an msnbc reporter ... 🙂

 

[Keith]

Interestingly it took the same time for this thread to reach 28 posts as it took my V700 to scan ten frames of Fuji Acros! 😛

 

[paulfish4570]

i think i might make an order with freestyle for ap 400 ...

 

[wilonstott]

I've just spoken to the person on the end of that phone number, and he's told me that Kodak ceased production of ALL films at the start of the year, they still have stock of some, but they have ceased production of everything.

I asked if this was a permanent thing or just during the reorganisation, and as far as he was aware it is permanent.

Of course the Kodak shop line is primarily concerned with printers and easyshare cameras rather than film, but that was the information that I got from them.

I'd love for someone else to get a different answer, but that seems to be where it stands at the moment

......sh#t

 

[KoNickon]

This is crap.

Come on man.

I'm having coffee.

And I read this sh#t headline.

Stomach sinks.

Wtf, man?

Obviously a typo.

Might as well be a Fox News reporter.

Chuckling here. I think as others have said that this was a sloppily written e-mail, and meant to only refer to the 400CN, which is disappointing enough, don't get me wrong, but not EK going out of the film business entirely. THAT would be a press release, you can be sure.

 

[newsgrunt]

If indeed they stopped production at the start of 2012, I think we would have heard of news out of Rochester no ? That would be huge news for the Democrat and Chronicle and be hard to miss yano ?

 

[Shutterspark]

I've just spoken to the person on the end of that phone number, and he's told me that Kodak ceased production of ALL films at the start of the year, they still have stock of some, but they have ceased production of everything.

I asked if this was a permanent thing or just during the reorganisation, and as far as he was aware it is permanent.

Of course the Kodak shop line is primarily concerned with printers and easyshare cameras rather than film, but that was the information that I got from them.

I'd love for someone else to get a different answer, but that seems to be where it stands at the moment

😱
Can anyone else in the US get any kind of confirmation on this?

 

[colyn]

If indeed they stopped production at the start of 2012, I think we would have heard of news out of Rochester no ? That would be huge news for the Democrat and Chronicle and be hard to miss yano ?

Kodak has to get permission from the bankruptcy court before making any major changes..

 

[wilonstott]

This is referenced NO WHERE online.

Nobody has picked up this story (and it's been going on since January, apparently)

They picked up the slide film story (it was everywhere)--which was a smaller deal, comparatively.

This would be huge.

Nothing on Google.

Nothing.

Something is wrong about this.

Troll?

 

[paulfish4570]

that it is NOT on google may tell us more ... 🙂

 

[Mackinaw]

I doubt this. If Kodak was to stop making film it would be headlines on every news and financial website world-wide (think of the press coverage on the demise of Kodachrome). Outside of this post, I can find no mention of Kodak stopping film production anywhere.

Jim B.

 

[raid]

Prices for digital M are going higher.

I know this has been talked about before, and a lot of misinformation, and half reporting has gone on.

In the wake of the Kodak BW400CN thread I contacted Kodak for clarification as to the status of that particular film.

I ended up having to contact them four times, because the first three got no response, today I received this:



Rather than a specific emulsion, the reply simply states "Kodak is ceasing production of KODAK film"

this is a huge blow to me, I've always come closer to getting the results I want with Kodak than with any other brand, and BW400CN was a big part of my 35mm shooting.
It's especially disappointing given that just recently they were posting up fun "keep calm and shoot Tri-X" images on their site.

 

[gavinlg]

Don't believe it. They've stopped making bw400cn, but the current pro negatives and b&w film are certainly still in production. Can someone from the US please get in contact with Rochester to set things straight?

 

[BlackXList]

Absolutely not a troll, (or a Fox News reporter)

I'm a Kodak user who's just had some bad news that I thought I'd share with other people who were affected by it too.

There a few RFF members who follow my blogs and know that I'm a photographer rather than someone bored enough to knock up fake emails from a company and post their phone numbers in there.

I've said I hope someone else can get clarification that it's sloppy emailing or incorrect info from the Kodak customer service people, and I'm trying to limit my own posts to simply what I've had as a response from Kodak, or clarifying anything I'm asked rather than conjecture.

I'd be more than happy to be completely wrong, and have been given the wrong information on this one believe me.