keytarjunkie
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If Fuji makes a killing off of these X100's, maybe they'll put more $$ into film R&D. or maybe even buy Kodak (that may or may not be a good thing).
This is where the labor laws get me. What good are labor laws if they cause you to lose your job? Many politicians think corporations are brimming with cash, but in reality, most are struggling to make ends meet.
Mods, can this be moved to that other forum that I have on "Hide".
Same folks, same thing to say, just threads of a different title. Is the world so boring we have this?
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I amazed at the negative attitudes towards pensions and medical insurance! Thanks for working for us! The curb is that way! You can always be a greeter at Wal-Mart!
Don't get me wrong Keith, I love Croatian film! In fact, should Kodak ever really go out of the film business, then I would look to Fotokemika to take up major slack. Fuji is a follower company when it comes to film - and would do well for a while in a (mythical) post-Kodak world, but would eventually follow them down the same path. Ilford is doing what they do, and would not likely expand nor contract.
But Fotokemika is out there, experimenting and even gaining a following and (dare I say it?) market share. Who doesn't love their ISO 25 film, and their two infrared films are (nearly) the only game left in town. If only they could get some ... uumph* into them.
* uumph being defined and any speed at all. ISO 25 is difficult to live with, but iso 6... C'mon!!!
At this point all the studios are archiving their motion pictures on film - even the ones produced entirely in the digital world.
Until a less expensive equally reliable archiving method comes along they will be using film at least for this purpose!
Of course he could be right.
But given the heroic track record and predictive powers of 'financial advisers' of all kinds, he could very easily be wrong, too.
Cheers,
R.
I like the Efke films!
This is where the labor laws get me. What good are labor laws if they cause you to lose your job?
This particular exec/advisor started shooting an M3 and Summicron at nineteen while working in a camera shop part time and studying. He still owns two M6's and checking the few pics he has posted in his gallery at p.net he's a pretty good photographer.
Because Eastman Kodak are in his neighbourhood he obviously feels qualified and interested enough to comment on their possible future and would have concerns of his own being a fim shooter no doubt.
This thread has gone very astray from where I intended it to go ... I naively assumed that people might be interested in this guy and his opinions because effectively he's one of us ... but the only person who actually made any comment about this oddity was Frank P.
Onya Frank!
Personally I could care less if Kodak bring themselves undone financially ... as long as their manufacturing equipment doesn't lay idle, I'll be content enough.
This thread has gone very astray from where I intended it to go ... I naively assumed that people might be interested in this guy and his opinions because effectively he's one of us ... but the only person who actually made any comment about this oddity was Frank P.
Onya Frank!
Dear Keith,
I still don't understand why his credentials as an analyst of Kodak are worth very much, or why we should be especially interested in his views. He's an amateur photographer and 'financial adviser'. My wife was born in Rochester; her uncle was a pilot for Kodak; her father worked for them for a while; she still has friends and relatives there, some of whom, I suspect, are better qualified than this fellow to pontificate.
Cheers,
R.
Summary: "A guy from Rochester, who is nice, a decent photographer apparently, and the president of an otherwise unrelated company dealing with minimizing income tax, is worried about the future of film."
Did you expect anything else than a rehash of people worrying about the future of film?
I think the original proposition was being "welcome to buy film made in other countries by companies that barely pay their workers anything or follow any environment rules".