Kodak to sell China Lucky stake, ending partnership

[Platinum RF]

Fuji will dominant the film market and after the DSLR and DRF reach affordable price range and decent quality, film will become a luxury item, like diamond with expiration date. Film is not dead however, most people can not afford it or do not want to pay that much.

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSSHA11949620071112?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

 

[cmedin]

Is the sky falling again? 🙂

Last I looked I could get a roll of color or b/w from Freestyle for under $2...

 

[Platinum RF]

Is the sky falling again? 🙂

Last I looked I could get a roll of color or b/w from Freestyle for under $2...

Sure but how about when the day that you can buy a DRF for less than $1000?

 

[cmedin]

Sure but how about when the day that you can buy a DRF for less than $1000?

Rangefinders are a small part of the market, and affordable DSLRs have been around for years...

 

[Trius]

Naw, the sky isn't falling. I'm not sure of their initial strategy, but it seems like Kodak felt a local manufacturing facility for Asia would be a good idea. The assumption may have been that film will sell well until China & other developing parts of Asia "caught up" in terms of income.

Well, it often doesn't work that way in emerging countries. There is a kind of technological leapfrog that occurs, for a variety of reasons. Plus they underestimated the rapid economic progress that was made. A lot of companies underestimated that piece.

 

[amateriat]

What Trius said.

And, speaking of technological "leapfrogging", care to guess how many of those cell phones being sold, and used, in these "emerging" economies have built-in cameras? Makers of p/s digital cameras may be in for a rude surprise as well.


- Barrett