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    Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    This piece came was in the BJP today, is a bit more encouraging than most recent articles, although the promise to make film as long as it is profitable could be seen as good or bad depending on when that date is.

    Plus they should ask Jonathan Eastland to sit on the board


    http://www.bjp-online.com/british-jo...ofitable-kodak

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    I can see TMY surviving and Portra in color. They've already cancelled Ektar in sheets,
    and it obviously can't be cut from the same stock as roll films. It's probably the bitter
    end for their E100G sheet film too, or any E6 sheet film for that matter. They're pricing
    themselves completely off the market. Sad, because it's made on a far better base
    material than Fuji Provia (only Astisa 100F and Velvia 100F are made on polyester, and
    now Astia has been dropped). So it looks like a sad day for the stock photographers
    who depended on LF chromes. Jillions of shots have already been, of course, and most
    of the stuff that does gets published in horrendously boring and predictable anyway.
    And for a four-inch wide image in a travel magazine, who needs that much detail
    anyway? End of an era, perhaps ... or maybe the folks who already hold a stockpile of
    appealing calendar images will have a bit less upstart competition. Who knows?

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
    They've already cancelled Ektar in sheets,
    They have? Crap.

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by Sean Galbraith View Post
    They have? Crap.
    8x10, that is.

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by vinny View Post
    8x10, that is.
    ...What?!

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    The most telling Kodak quote in that article:


    "...we know that there are hundreds of passionate fans of film..."


    Not millions, not thousands, but hundreds!

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by Sal Santamaura View Post
    The most telling Kodak quote in that article:


    "...we know that there are hundreds of passionate fans of film..."


    Not millions, not thousands, but hundreds!
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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by Sal Santamaura View Post
    The most telling Kodak quote in that article:


    "...we know that there are hundreds of passionate fans of film..."


    Not millions, not thousands, but hundreds!
    I call BS on that. I don't know how many there are, but it seems there are tons of hipsters on flickr using film. All the holga nerds, leica nerds, etc. I don't know who's using Kodak but plenty of people are using film. Might not be enough but hundreds is ridiculous.

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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by sully75 View Post
    I don't know who's using Kodak but plenty of people are using film. Might not be enough but hundreds is ridiculous.
    It could be thousands of hundreds - so the statement is still correct, if misleading.


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    Re: Kodak Film Division still Profitable - BJP Article

    Quote Originally Posted by Sal Santamaura View Post
    The most telling Kodak quote in that article:


    "...we know that there are hundreds of passionate fans of film..."


    Not millions, not thousands, but hundreds!
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