Kodak Woes - Silver Lining?

[wahiba]

There is a bit in the newspaper this morning about Kodak. First cut in dividend in a ling time and a big change of policy. Evidently digital photography is catching on quicker than they expected.

So expect some heavy cutting of the product range, and other brand filmd that are actually Kodak.

Where does this leave super-8?

Well, the problem seems to be on the domestic side, and super-8 is attached to the pro side because of the movie business.

Actually is they use their heads they might consider tapping into the retro market in much the same way Harley Davidson and Triumph have managed it with motorcycles.

A decent selection of regular-8 film for all those clockwork cameras out there? (definitely last better than electric models)

Retro clockwork cameras manufactured in China!!!

Hi quality film to DVD transfer (maybe making Roger an offer he cannot refuse!!)

As for what geos around comes around, there must be a definite up take in the projection screen market for all those LCD projectors. So why not clockwork cameras again?

[csven]

i saw the news this morning. Kodak has real problems. hate to say it, but i'd say this doesn't bode well for S8 and for film in general.

[kodachromearchive]

There is a bit in the newspaper this morning about Kodak. First cut in dividend in a ling time and a big change of policy. Evidently digital photography is catching on quicker than they expected.

So expect some heavy cutting of the product range, and other brand filmd that are actually Kodak.

Where does this leave super-8?

Well, the problem seems to be on the domestic side, and super-8 is attached to the pro side because of the movie business.

Actually is they use their heads they might consider tapping into the retro market in much the same way Harley Davidson and Triumph have managed it with motorcycles.

A decent selection of regular-8 film for all those clockwork cameras out there? (definitely last better than electric models)

Retro clockwork cameras manufactured in China!!!

Hi quality film to DVD transfer (maybe making Roger an offer he cannot refuse!!)

As for what geos around comes around, there must be a definite up take in the projection screen market for all those LCD projectors. So why not clockwork cameras again?

I agree with the premise of your thread. As a new user of 8mm who would definitely not try it for thirty years - I can now confidently claim that the only reason the format is now in disuse - is ignorance.

Every tool has its own nuances. If you look inside the tool chest of any automotive hobbiest you'll find dozens of infrequently used tools, but when those tools are needed - nothing else wil do.

It's the same with film. Electronic imaging is always power hungry, slow (bootup) and fragile. Contrast that to the instant capture a 60 year old 8mm "clock" camera provides. No contest. Even better, savor the quality of a 50yr old home movie vs the dropouts in your 20yr home video.

Recommendations to Kodak:


1. Preserve your Kodachrome franchise. It is the only archival medium presently available, and you should push it even into disposables.

2. Find a way to package moviefilm as a capture medium for critical events. Give us inexpensive cameras for this high grade media.

3. Merge Kodachrome & other high resolution films into the digital mainstream. RECORD VIDEO DIGITALLY ONTO FILM. WORK TO TURN FILM INTO JUST ANOTHER COMPUTER MEDIA.

4. And no offense to Roger, offer us a SIMPLE device to convert film imaging into a digital format. How can their people not see this?

[T-Scan]

Kodachromearchive wrote

[quote]I agree with the premise of your thread. As a new user of 8mm who would definitely not try it for thirty years - I can now confidently claim that the only reason the format is now in disuse - is ignorance.




for years i have been wishing for S8 to come back, when it was here all along.

[kodachromearchive]

Kodachromearchive wrote

I agree with the premise of your thread. As a new user of 8mm who would definitely not try it for thirty years - I can now confidently claim that the only reason the format is now in disuse - is ignorance.

and i agree with that, also a new user of S8.. I have been wishing for years that S8 film would come back when i recently discovered that it was still here all along.. and dove right in. I think a lot of people would use it if they knew about it.

Hehe I will soon have 8mm movie cameras loaded with Kodachrome 25 stored in plastic bags within all our vehicles. Still photo enlarger & telecine conversion projects are now underway, and I can't wait until my micropower timelapse system finally comes together (looking good). This stuff is cheap - and it works

[T-Scan]

thats another thing i really like about S8, just got my interval timer for my canon last week, a lucky score. took it downtown and set up 1 frame per second and filmed the trolly trains pulling up, people getting on and off.. should look cool in super fast motion, kind of influenced by "Baraka" if you haven't seen it you should.. interesting footage shot around the world in 70mm.. some good time lapse scenes