Alaris never had a presence in Argentina beyond the Kodak Moments website; the film was 100% gray market and was disappearing. The agreement with Cinestil changed everything, and in the short time since this publication, there are more Kodak films and Kodak products marketed by Cinestil than were seen in the Alaris era. Time will tell if I'm wrong, but I think we'll be better off here without Alaris on the market.The old owners were actually a large UK government fund with the legislative mandate to make good on any pension shortfalls in certain defined private pension plans - and the projected/potential Kodak Limited pension fund shortfall was forecasted to be the largest claim ever on that fund.
Kodak Alaris was created in an attempt to make enough profit over the years to reduce or eliminate that shortfall, because the alternative was to seize and sell the Kodak Limited assets that the government had a priority claim over, and if that had happened, less would have been realized, and Eastman Kodak would have been forced to cease operations and be liquidated.
I'm concerned that if Kodak Alaris is out of the amateur film business, everybody outside of the USA will only be able to buy from USA retail sources. If that happens, I doubt the professional film lines - including Ektachrome and all the black and white films - will be no more.
Eastman Kodak has no international distribution infrastructure capable of supporting still film.
Alaris never had a presence in Argentina beyond the Kodak Moments website; the film was 100% gray market and was disappearing. The agreement with Cinestil changed everything, and in the short time since this publication, there are more Kodak films and Kodak products marketed by Cinestil than were seen in the Alaris era. Time will tell if I'm wrong, but I think we'll be better off here without Alaris on the market.
Thanks very much. I either forgot that or never saw it.That explains the longevity of Alaris' use of the brand name. Not sure if that implies exclusivity or has much to do with either exlusivity or perpetuality of their film distribution. Apparently not, though.
Would all this be expected to have an impact on the prices?
Additionally this might tariff-proof Kodak film since it is MiUSA and being shipped from Rochester, instead of being routed through the UK via Alaris HQ.
...which, come to think of it, might be the new owner's strategy. This would track with EK being allowed to sell direct in North America only.
Keep in mind, this is Kodak, the photographic giant we are talking about. EK already has a massive distribution network due to their motion picture business and they've set up still distribution before, it's not like Filmotec who were basically the remnants of ORWO's R&D department. I don't think there's much to worry about here.
Additionally this might tariff-proof Kodak film since it is MiUSA and being shipped from Rochester, instead of being routed through the UK via Alaris HQ.
...which, come to think of it, might be the new owner's strategy. This would track with EK being allowed to sell direct in North America only.
Maybe there's a fixed amount of film that EK has to provide Alaris, and now it is profitable for EK to both fulfill it's contractual obligations with Alaris while still selling direct? Or possibly there's a deal where EK will handle North America while Alaris will handle the rest of the world? One can speculate.
Looks like it's heading that way for camera film. For Alaris as such I wonder how much significance this has; it's evidently a big product for them, but they do lots more and this may fit into a strategic repositioning of the firm.
Some years ago PE explained why it may not be possible to bring the Kodachrome ever again. I am you are not serious but in a way we all miss PE.
I don't care about the original K-14 Kodachrome. I want Kodak to just slap the name onto some Ektachrome or Portra and label it as KodachromeIII or something. They'll sell more then they can make. People won't care about
Yesterday, I was reading his messages on Phenidone, Dimezone and Dimezone-S...I seriously miss Photo Engineer, real name "Rowland Mowrey". One of the inventors of the modern K-14 Kodachrome films!
He was the soul of APUG.
His knowledge was light years away from ours and it was an authoritative source we all could rely on.
Actually, it would not be real Kodachrome.
I seriously miss Photo Engineer, real name "Rowland Mowrey". One of the inventors of the modern K-14 Kodachrome films!
He was the soul of APUG.
His knowledge was light years away from ours and it was an authoritative source we all could rely on.
Actually, it would not be real Kodachrome.
Ron had many feats to write to his name, but I doubt this is one of them. I think his career significantly postdated virtually all of the work on K-14 that happened at Kodak.One of the inventors of the modern K-14 Kodachrome films!
I wouldn't know. And I don't think you're in a position to know, either.They should reposition themselves in the "prepare for crash landing" position.
Ron had many feats to write to his name, but I doubt this is one of them. I think his career significantly postdated virtually all of the work on K-14 that happened at Kodak.
One of the major things he often mentioned and that still has practical relevance today is his work on RA4 paper blixes.
Tell me something I don't know.
Ron had many feats to write to his name, but I doubt this is one of them. I think his career significantly postdated virtually all of the work on K-14 that happened at Kodak.
Sorry to correct, bur Ron (Rowland Mowrey) is one of the two named patent holders on the K-14 patent.
In 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg, France, began to dance uncontrollably and did not stop, with many eventually dancing themselves to death.
In 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg, France, began to dance uncontrollably and did not stop, with many eventually dancing themselves to death.
In 1518, dozens of people in Strasbourg, France, began to dance uncontrollably and did not stop, with many eventually dancing themselves to death.
Now that I did not know. You win the game (for me)!Common knowledge. Peter Gabriel even wrote a song about it.
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