[LargeFormat] Kodak to Stop Making Film-Based Cameras!

[Brock Nanson]

Very Good Vince!  Is it sung to the tune of Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene'?

In which case, perhaps a chorus like this would be obvious:

Yellow Dog, why can't you be true, 
Oh Yellow Dog, why can't you be true,
You've stopped makin' those things you used to do!

Brock



On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Vince Dobson wrote:

>       The big yellow dog is dying!
>   Fuji is better and I'm not lying.
> 
>                With a huge freezer full of frozen film.
>             The chance of running out is rather slim.
> 
>                                                     If the truth be told.
>                                                  And I may be so bold.
> 
>                               This move of theirs was quite expected.
>       I'm prepared to keep on shooting and not be dejected!
> 
> Vince Dobson
> Visions In Nature
> www.visionsinnature.com
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]  On
> Behalf Of Clive Warren
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:36 PM
> To:	largeformat@f32.net
> Subject:	[LargeFormat] Kodak to Stop Making Film-Based Cameras!
> 
> Seven hours ago, Kodak announced to the world its withdrawal from the
> traditional-camera market in Western Europe, the US and Canada. They will
> still be making film, but this is another nail in the coffin of film as
> Kodak concentrate on their digital products.
> 
> However they will still be supplying film-based cameras to other parts of
> the world:
> 
> "'Kodak said that it plans to continue making reloadable cameras that use
> 35mm film for emerging markets, such as China, India, Eastern Europe and
> Latin America, and that it will introduce six new cameras in those markets
> this year."
> 
> "(We) estimate that there are 60 million Chinese consumers who have the
> purchasing power to participate in photography, but have not bought their
> first camera," Kodak spokesman Charles Smith said.
> 
> This seems to be part of the current management thinking for Kodak in their
> strategy to pursue the market for digital cameras.
> 
> The message for us is to continue buying and using large format film -
> where there is a demand, supplies will continue.
> 
> Cheers,
>             Clive
> 
> 
> 
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Brock Nanson
Kamloops BC Canada