Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Advertising, was How could the R8 be bettered?
From: "Michael D. Turner" <mike@lcl-imaging.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 19:33:36 -0700

Eric Welch wrote:

> At 07:11 AM 4/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > I think much was thought along
> >the same lines when George Fisher took over Kodak.
>
> As usual we disagree. Fisher has destroyed support for professionals. No
> matter how Kodak protests, they don't do things for professionals nearly as
> well as they did before. Their R&D budgets are way lower, and they can't
> make an 800 speed film that can touch Fuji except in speed. The color is awful.

Eric, if you consider the entire history of Big Yellow's marketing strategies, you
will find that professional photography has _always_ been second priority for
Kodak. Show me evidence otherwise, I'd be interested in seeing it!
Mike