If you expect these potential new colour films to be cheaper than the current cheap colour films from Fujifilm and Kodak (like C200 and ColorPlus 200), then you will be disappointed.
Because InovisCoat cannot undercut these Fujifilm and Kodak prices. It is impossible, both from a technological and economic perspective ( I have visited that factory).
Fujifilm and Kodak have technological cost advantages like one-pass coating and own, huge confectioning capabilities, and economical advantages like much better economies of scale because of demand and production of many million units of their cheap films p.a..
InovisCoat cannot compete with that. They of course know that and don't want to compete in that very difficult and competitive market segment.
And one general assassment about this topic:
Fujicolor C200 is currently the cheapest colour film here in Europe. In Germany I pay 3.99€ for one film. If I consider inflation, which is the only economically correct way of calculation of prices over long time periods, then I pay less today compared to 30 years ago. Film processing and RA-4 prints are also cheaper here than 30 years ago.
And if we look at the film revival globally, we see that there is a huge increase in film demand not only in the industrialized countries, but also in the developing and NIC countries with significantly less income per capita.. For example there is a strong boom in film photography in low(er) income countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines, Georgia, Russia, China etc..
That is a clear indicator that at least the cheaper film types are affordable for film photographers in these low(er) income countries.
Best regards,
Henning
I will never be disappointed,
Perhaps in the near term, prices will be high. Yes that's right .
But in the long run ,,, I dare you. Inevitably, prices will decrease after the production lines are modernized and gradually increased by slow movement, similar to Jeff Bezos's philosophy.
Dear Sir.
- Perhaps the prices in the field of photography will not move much towards a decline in the short term, but in the long term ,, I fully believe that they will definitely decrease ,, I am not the important, but my children are the most important ,, when the prices decrease, my children will benefit and this is my dream And my goal.
The State of Kuwait is characterized by having the highest per capita income in the world, and a Kuwaiti government employee gets twice as much as an American government employee of the same job rank.
However, in 1996, after computers began to spread a little, the price of a personal computer was so great that if a government employee wanted to buy a computer for his home and his children, he had to obtain a (soft loan) with the guarantee of his job and this He is required to bring to the computer dealer a salary certificate approved by the government agency in which he works, and after that he proceeds to obtain a soft loan from one of the intermediary financial offices that will deduct a monthly installment of his salary from the source monthly.
Now: The story is completely different. Computer prices have decreased in a way that no human would expect on the planet, and it is also a very complex industry that needs many components.
How was this done ,,,,, This does not matter ,,,,, This does not concern us here ,,, the fine details do not concern us ..
All that concerns us is this: With this crazy increase in demand, it creates new companies and new players in that industry.
- You can think, before 1996, as was the number of companies producing personal computers and now you can make a census on the number of companies that work in that industry now and compare.
Yes ,, the processor companies are only two companies, Intel and AMD ,, that's okay, but they were enough to cover the needs of the whole planet in terms of processors.