[Leica] AGFA dead - Kodak digital sales have grown.

[paul at paulhardycarter.com (PHC)]

Spot on Feli.

As you say the big fall-off is in colour neg film, and no wonder! 99% 
of colour neg was shot by people with P&S cameras at parties or on 
holiday. That market simply won't exist in a couple of years.

But B&W is different. I seem to recall that Kodak built a new plant for 
B&W when they launched the new Tri-X and I expect that'll keep going 
for decades, even if Kodak sell it off. Quite strange in a world where 
digital chip plants are built, operated and destroyed within a few 
years.

I'd say Kodak got it about right with the film to digital thing. The 
big loss is no surprise at this stage.

P.

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On 19 Oct 2005, at 23:27, feli wrote:

> I wonder what the breakdown is. I suspect that color negative film 
> sales
> are dropping like a rock, with slide film in second place. I wonder 
> how much
> black and white sales are down, since it's already sort fo a vertical 
> market.
>
> I've had my Canon 5D for about two weeks now. It's a very nice camera, 
> but frankly
> I still prefer Tri-X and my M cameras. I really miss the dynamic range 
> of film. Shooting
> digital, is like slide film, with an extra stop or two of range.