Guys, Two things: Kodak is doing well with their digital cameras but the margin for electronics is very low. Consumables have good margins but the trend, rather than print kiosks and so forth, is going to no prints at all. The grand kids have their own web page and the phone pics are impulse shots never meant to be printed. It all hapend too fast to anticipate. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 4Th ed. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: here's one for the consipacy theorists! Not > From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, October 21, 2005 11:05 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Roberts" > : here's one for the consipacy theorists! Not > > > :I see Kodak is currently > : earning more money from their digital products than the film based > : products. They also posted a one BILLION dollar loss the last > : quarter. Speculation on their future anyone? Is Fuji in the same > : boat? Will there be large scale transfers of photo dominance to > : electronics companies? What do you all think? > > > > I said it before, the cam companies cannot compete against the rivals they > got into bed with, the electronics makers - HP is/was the leading digicam > seller in the US at around 70% of total sales, Nikon's share in the last > report I read was around 1% and kodak or sony were sitting around 18% can't > recall which, but ... > > Em writes: > Well, Kodak is a moderately big player in the point and shoot crowd, > but I don't see that their machines are as common as Fuji's. My > hunch used to be that the people who got to a cheap digital disposble > would be the biggest winners, but there was a big article on > pdnonline this week about the sales success of camera phones which > apparently have been outselling cell phones by 2 to 1 during the last > year. > > > The cam phones will very likely take over from the P&S market - they're > already making 5 Mp camphones with flashes and manual focus. The zooms in > the pipeline too. > > > and on DPreview today: > "Germany photographic company AgfaPhoto is likely to close down by the > end of the year, making around 1700 of its workforce redundant, > reports DW-World.de. Talks with UK company Photo-Me International > about a possible takeover were rejected by the creditors because the > offer "contained too many points that were unacceptable". AgfaPhoto > has been operating under bankruptcy protection since May, when it > filed for insolvency. The company will end operations at the end of > the year, after all its stock has been used." > > > > grim > > k
