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| Kodak discontinues camera business »news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57373···usiness/
Eastman Kodak stunned the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business.
By the end of June, Kodak expects to phase out its digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and digital picture frames, the company announced today. The company plans to focus heavily on its current brand licensing and on attracting companies that might need some of its patents. Kodak will still offer its online Kodak Gallery service and retail-based photo printing. Its inkjet printers will also remain on store shelves.
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said by Locutus65:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57373826-17/end-of-an-era-kodak-discontinues-camera-business/
Eastman Kodak stunned the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business.
Doesn't stun me. Their digital cameras have always been pretty much 3rd place and second class to Cannon, Olympus, Nikon, Pentax, etc. To survive they need to cut loses. --
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While X-Rays have pretty much gone digital at least in Dentistry, there are still many industrial, and scientific uses for film.
Plus the still huge disposable market. Disposable/recycled digitals have been tried, but have never really flown compared to the film disposables.
(Partly because some hacked them into real digital cameras, plus the higher cost)
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Kodak’s continuing consumer products and services will include:
* Retail-based photo kiosks and digital dry lab systems, a market in which Kodak is the clear worldwide leader. Kodak pioneered the retail-based kiosk market, and the company now has more than 100,000 kiosks and order stations for dry lab systems around the world, with some 30,000 of those units connected to the most popular photo-sharing sites.
* Consumer inkjet printers, where Kodak has outpaced overall market growth for several years. Kodak consumer inkjet printers provide consumers with high-quality output and the lowest total ink replacement cost. Consumers can send documents and photos to Kodak printers from anywhere, using any web-connected device.
* Kodak apps for Facebook, which make it easy for consumers to obtain photo products using photos from their Facebook albums.
* Kodak Gallery (www.kodakgallery.com), a leading online digital photo products service. Kodak Gallery enables consumers to share their photos, and offers product and creation tools that enable people to do more with their photos.
* The Kodak camera accessories and batteries businesses. These products are universally compatible with all camera brands, and extend into other consumer product segments such as charging units for smartphones.
* The traditional film capture and photographic paper business, which continues to provide high-quality and innovative products and solutions to consumers, photographers, retailers, photofinishers and professional labs.
»www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/09···business
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said by Hayward:said by Locutus65:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57373826-17/end-of-an-era-kodak-discontinues-camera-business/
Eastman Kodak stunned the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business.
Doesn't stun me. Their digital cameras have always been pretty much 3rd place and second class to Cannon, Olympus, Nikon, Pentax, etc. To survive they need to cut loses. I may not be fully correct on this, but I think Kodak was one of the first company who released digital cameras for consumers. I, for one, still have a DC-120, purchased sometimes in the mid 90's. --
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NirvanaLand | said by aurgathor: I may not be fully correct on this, but I think Kodak was one of the first company who released digital cameras for consumers.
I, for one, still have a DC-120, purchased sometimes in the mid 90's.
My first digital camera was a DC-50 purchased in the same time frame.
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said by aurgathor:said by Hayward:said by Locutus65:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57373826-17/end-of-an-era-kodak-discontinues-camera-business/
Eastman Kodak stunned the world today, announcing that it has put an end to its camera business.
Doesn't stun me. Their digital cameras have always been pretty much 3rd place and second class to Cannon, Olympus, Nikon, Pentax, etc. To survive they need to cut loses. I may not be fully correct on this, but I think Kodak was one of the first company who released digital cameras for consumers. Actually Kodak invented digital cameras but totally failed at running with them thinking only low quality consumer fad vs the totally replacing film thing they have become. When they saw not far too late. --
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Locutus65Why bother?Premium
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I still have my Z-740. Still works fine although I'd really like a nice DSLR. |
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| said by Locutus65:I still have my Z-740. Still works fine although I'd really like a nice DSLR.
Keep it safe. A hundred years from now your great great grand kids will be on Antique Roadshow and find out that there are only a handfull of known examples in the world and it's worth $20 grand.
Of course by then $20 grand will probably get you dinner for 2 in New York. |
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| Yes, Kodak stuned the whole world! As one of the biggest brand in digital camera, it's hard to understand why it do so. |
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kudos:1 | said by 94805165:Yes, Kodak stuned the whole world! As one of the biggest brand in digital camera, it's hard to understand why it do so.
Uhhh no. A big player in the history of photography... but a very MINOR players in the digital market for bad decisions...
Eastman would have never let happen.
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