my take on Kodak downfall

On 2/10/2014 12:28 AM, Dale wrote:
having worked there

consumer film was where the big money was

too often consumer systems were developed and then a professional system
was hacked out of it

as opposed to developing professional systems and watering them down for
consumer applications

would have taken some quick work too keep up with the consumer demand,
but Kodak was big enough to keep up with that I think

then there is the general USA/UN/WTO issue of fair trade versus free
trade allowing cheap imports from places with less consideration of
workers and environmentalism, etc.

but Kodak had plants in Mexico after NAFTA, so they should have been
able to invest that consumer film money better I think




this thread isn't from me ...

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On May 19, 2021, Dale wrote
(in article ):

On 2/10/2014 12:28 AM, Dale wrote:
having worked there

anchient

this thread isn't from me ...

Then the mystery, as to why you chose to post this seven year old, obviously dead, cross posted screed to sci.engr.color, sci.image.processing, rec.photo.darkroom, rec.photo.digital, and comp.soft-sys.matlab remains.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On 19/05/2021 20:46, Savageduck wrote:
On May 19, 2021, Dale wrote (in article
):

On 2/10/2014 12:28 AM, Dale wrote:
having worked there

anchient

this thread isn't from me ...

Then the mystery, as to why you chose to post this seven year old,
obviously dead, cross posted screed to sci.engr.color,
sci.image.processing, rec.photo.darkroom, rec.photo.digital, and
comp.soft-sys.matlab remains.

To promote his clickbait website perhaps?

Kodak PCD digital scanning service was well ahead of the game at one
point and Bryce Bayer one shot colour mask designer worked for Kodak.

I recall the Kodak transition to digital cameras as an early adopter. I
got a massively discounted DC-120 1Mpixel camera "remaindered" when they
launched the confusingly named DC-210 a couple of months later.

Kodak marketing department really knew how to shoot themselves in the
foot with both barrels. Almost as bad as IBM with the PS/2 OS/2 debacle.

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Martin Brown