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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted October 02, 2011 02:28 AM

You don't have to google too far to see the trouble that Kodak is in this week. It has been trying to move to digital imaging via printers and other digital technology, but still has at least one foot firmly planted in film.

Up until 2 years ago 35mm release print film was still a very large money maker for them. Its volumes are still high, but every multiplex that converts to digital costs Kodak potentially more than $100,000 per year in lost revenue.

This of course has ramifications for Super 8. There will be film manufactured for years to come, but in the turmoil I hope Kodak sticks to its origination (camera) stocks in all formats, including Super 8.

Unlike GM and Chrysler, Kodak would not be considered an essential business to qualify for Government loans.......despite the to date successful turnaround of GM and especially Chrysler.

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted October 04, 2011 11:18 AM

David, Kodak's history is starting to look like "No good deed will go unpunished." Theirs is a history of uncompromising quality and innovation -- until recently. No, I don't think their quality is off, but beginning with giving away the patent for the digital camera decades ago to the current lack of innovation, Kodak makes me very sad. I don't want them to fail. But why haven't they better recognized the market needs for digital imaging and met those needs with the kind of creativity and quality that served everyone so well years ago?

When concepts like the Red Camera or Christie cinema projectors made the news, I always thought, "oh, that should've been a Kodak product." But nope, that's not the way it is.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted October 04, 2011 11:32 AM

What about their new printer that features low cost replacement ink?

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted October 04, 2011 12:39 PM

I, for one, ordered 20 rolls of Ekta 100D yesterday directly from Kodak.

I figure it is time to start stocking up, as sad as it sounds.

Apart from their film stock, the two things we can't get around are the chemicals and the cartridges. Even with other companies custom-loading S-8 cartridges, if Kodak stops the moulding line for the shells, we are truly done. The same, I am assuming, goes for the chemicals.

I never thought I would be living through a period where the notion of Kodak vanishing could even be considered reality...

Claus.

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