It's official, Kodak is selling its film business.

[BrianShaw]

My dentist, who likes and embraces new technology, complains that the new digital X-ray pictures are more difficult to read.

Mine did too, until he bought new monitors.

 

[BrianShaw]

Thanks Colleen... and welcome to APUG. This is really a nice bunch of people.

 

[lxdude]

Welcome, Colleen.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

I'm Colleen Krenzer and I work with the PR agency for Kodak's film and paper business and will try to answer questions people have as this process moves forward.

Welcome to APUG. Glad to see you took Dan's suggestion. The people over here are a tougher audience, but by and large they mean well. Thanks in advance for any additional clarity you may be able to bring to this situation. The more facts people have, the less rampant and unfounded speculation there will be.

Ken

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Mine did too, until he bought new monitors.

High end monitors at that. But whatever. Let's talk about Kodak.

 

[NB23]

Thanks for what? We've been asking questions for at least 10 years with absolutely no communication from kodak. Very simole things such as "why does kodak give erroneous hc110 development times for trix a d plusx", causing hundreds of underdevrloped films and hundreds of lost hours testing and searching the net for a right answer. And that was only a simple question.

Now that the fish is dead and badly stinking you finally appear? For what exactly? To inform us on the sale?

This is hypocrisy at the highest degree. Kodak is decidedly dedicated to ridicule its customers 'til the last second. That's how I see it.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I tried to post last night and hopefully it gets cleared - so I'm sorry for the lag. I'm Colleen Krenzer and I work with the PR agency for Kodak's film and paper business and will try to answer questions people have as this process moves forward. All the still photography films are part of the sale. When Kodak says commercial films, it means films that are used in things like aerial, industrial and printed circuit boards.

That said, manufacturing on all products continues, including those ones included in the proposed sale.

Thank you for posting here, Colleen! And welcome to APUG. I really want to applaud your effort to come here and speak on behalf of Kodak. It has long been a sore point with many members here, that while Ilford and ADOX openly communicate to the forums, we got silence from Kodak. Perhaps we overestimated our importance, but all the same it's wonderful to get quality inside information. Thank you!

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Thanks for what? We've been asking questions for at least 10 years with absolutely no communication from kodak. Very simole things such as "why does kodak give erroneous hc110 development times for trix a d plusx", causing hundreds of underdevrloped films and hundreds of lost hours testing and searching the net for a right answer. And that was only a simple question.

Now that the fish is dead and badly stinking you finally appear? For what exactly? To inform us on the sale?

This is hypocrisy at the highest degree. Kodak is decidedly dedicated to ridicule its customers 'til the last second. That's how I see it.

Nice way to welcome someone who is trying to give us solid information about what's going on.

 

[NB23]

I'm entitled to my view.

Kodak's insulted me enough through the years. They didn't care about me (us) until now. And suddenly they do? Eehh

 

[Simonh82]

Thanks Colleen, we appreciate any communication. Now back to the important stuff. What is your opinion of Digial dental X-Ray technology? I assume this was the question you woke up thinking about this morning.

 

[Steve Smith]

Thanks Colleen, we appreciate any communication. Now back to the important stuff. What is your opinion of Digial dental X-Ray technology? I assume this was the question you woke up thinking about this morning.

The best thing about is is that you can Photoshop in missing teeth or clone out bad or broken teeth. Much cheaper than the traditional methods!


Steve.

 

[zsas]

Colleen welcome to APUG! I appreciate your postings and look forward to hearing more from you!

 

[Diapositivo]

I'm Colleen Krenzer and I work with the PR agency for Kodak's film and paper business and will try to answer questions people have as this process moves forward.

All the still photography films are part of the sale. When Kodak says commercial films, it means films that are used in things like aerial, industrial and printed circuit boards.

That said, manufacturing on all products continues, including those ones included in the proposed sale.

First of all, thanks for being here.

Second, not directed to Colleen: Ms Krenzer works for a Public Relations agency which at the moment works for Kodak. She or her agency have nothing to do for the bad communication from Kodak in the past. The fact that one person is participating in internet fora to explain what happens is I think a solid testimony that communication from Kodak has now improved. For many, many posts people have complained that there wasn't someone from Kodak participating in fora interacting with final users of the products. Well, at last, we have that someone! Time to rejoice not to grumble about the past.

Third, a question:
Still photography film is part of the sale;
Commercial film is film used in aerial, industrial and printed circuit board, and is not part of the sale;
The question arises: where does motion picture film sits in the picture? Is it part of the sale?

Thanks in advance
Fabrizio

 

[removed account4]

Thanks for what? We've been asking questions for at least 10 years with absolutely no communication from kodak. Very simole things such as "why does kodak give erroneous hc110 development times for trix a d plusx", causing hundreds of underdevrloped films and hundreds of lost hours testing and searching the net for a right answer. And that was only a simple question.

all times given for all developers for all films, no matter the brand &c are starting points.
there are countless threads here, and books written on this subject

maybe instead of harassing a PR firm representative about
your problems processing film, you should read a bit on the subject instead.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I'm entitled to my view.

Kodak's insulted me enough through the years. They didn't care about me (us) until now. And suddenly they do? Eehh

So you don't like to give someone that's trying to do something good a chance? Like there is no way to redemption. That is sad.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

I'm entitled to my view.

Kodak's insulted me enough through the years. They didn't care about me (us) until now. And suddenly they do? Eehh

Knock it off. This isn't all about you.

I want to hear what Colleen has to say. I'd bet so do a lot of others here. Don't you dare ruin it for the rest of us. You are entitled to hold and express and listen to opinions as you see fit. But only insofar as your behavior does not preclude the rest of us from enjoying and exercising that same freedom.

Ken

 

[Steve Smith]

I want to hear what Colleen has to say.

So do I.


Steve.

 

[zsas]

Time to rejoice not to grumble about the past

Fabrizio - Well said!

 

[NB23]

About me? No.
It's about Ilford and Adox keeping its customers in tune and satisfied. And on the other side there's kodak preparing us all, in a clumzy way, for the worst.

The writing's on the wall and it's clear. And this is kodak's job in action: In 6 months, when the sheep herd will be calmed down, the final announcement will fall. And we'll all be thaking kodak for the great job of keeping us informed. LOL!

 

[NB23]

Ok, i'm off this thread now, knowing full well that my opinion is shared by all the people that switched to ilford looong and not so long ago.

This thread made me realize who is really to be thanked. Simon Galley. Good job, dude!
And Mirko. Good job, Dude!

 

[cdkrenzer]

Thanks Colleen, we appreciate any communication. Now back to the important stuff. What is your opinion of Digial dental X-Ray technology? I assume this was the question you woke up thinking about this morning.

All - A. I understand the frustration. All I would ask is that you realize that within Kodak, there is a talented, passionate group of people who have worked hard to keep the film business moving forward.

B. I'm going to work with this film team to answer as many of the questions as we can throughout this process. If I can answer a question, I will. If I can't, I will tell you that I can't. I caveat this statement with the fact that I work with a specific business unit and am not privy to what's going on as the corporate level where all of this activity is happening. So more often than not, I probably won't know what's going on.

C. Yes, I have been researching digital dental x-ray technology all morning-fascinating topic.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

Ok, i'm off this thread now, knowing full well that my opinion is shared by all the people that switched to ilford looong and not so long ago.

I switched to Ilford as well, and I DON'T share your opinion.

Ken

 

[cdkrenzer]

First of all, thanks for being here.

Second, not directed to Colleen: Ms Krenzer works for a Public Relations agency which at the moment works for Kodak. She or her agency have nothing to do for the bad communication from Kodak in the past. The fact that one person is participating in internet fora to explain what happens is I think a solid testimony that communication from Kodak has now improved. For many, many posts people have complained that there wasn't someone from Kodak participating in fora interacting with final users of the products. Well, at last, we have that someone! Time to rejoice not to grumble about the past.

Third, a question:
Still photography film is part of the sale;
Commercial film is film used in aerial, industrial and printed circuit board, and is not part of the sale;
The question arises: where does motion picture film sits in the picture? Is it part of the sale?

Thanks in advance
Fabrizio

Fabrizio - the motion picture business is NOT part of the sale. And you have the description of the commercial film business correct - those are the heavy duty industrial type usages of film. There was some confusion elsewhere about what constituted "commercial film."

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

Hypothetical question, then...

Can the traditional still film business survive on its own without the commercial/motion picture side?

Ken

 

[frotog]

Nothing against Colleen as she's just doing her job as a pr person but I'd be highly suspect of any news that kodak leaks about the sale of their film business. In the past when rumors of discontinuance swirled around products that I've relied on my experience is that kodak dissembles the truth for as long as they can.