Rlibersky said:Has there been a official announcement yet?
David A. Goldfarb said:Aaron Van de Sande bought a cache of Haloid Industro, made a few beautiful prints, and decided he needed to set aside 8x10" for a while and sold it. Maybe if he has a record of the purchaser we could track it down.
jjstafford said:I was under the impression that Kodak made their paper in Brazil. Regardless, if their formula is truly worthwhile, it cannot be kept a secret; corporate espionage thrives as the epitome of capitalism. One only has to change it in the smallest way to reproduce the product.
Kodak's leaving the field makes the smaller, more nimble, private companies stronger. I am confident our needs will be fulfilled.
blaughn said:Don't forget - they will be cutting all of the people loose as well. There is a sudden glut of people who understand photographic emulsions.
Yep, I am going to start stocking on Tmx 400 and buy a box every chance I get.Sean said:Let's say in a few years Kodak decides to drop film. I have seen people like Michael A. Smith stock discontinued film in a large freezer. I'd probably just get a normal sized chest freezer and fill it up with 8x10 tri-x. What kind of lifespan would the film have kept frozen? 5-10-20 years? From what I gather it is cosmic rays that can fog the film over time? I see NASA is developing an electromagnetic field device which repels these rays but unfortunately it will be out of our grasp..
Jorge said:Yep, I am going to start stocking on Tmx 400 and buy a box every chance I get.
My guess is that we have 7 years at the most. I dont know Canadian tax laws, but I am guessing they will try to depreciate the new plant in 10 years (3 of which have gone by) and then they will shut it down. In the mean time, it is time to start learning how to make film or glass plates...
Flotsam said:If Kodak is making a buck a box I agree, they are too stupid to exist.
Take 'em away Darwin... Book 'em, incompetence One.
Best of luck in the digital shark pool.
Jim Chinn said:I would not hold out much hope about Kodak selling any of its proprietary formulas or product lines. Once Kodak completely seprates itself from film, film cameras and film become the enemy. Once they are totally digital every film camera sale, every wet print made at home and every roll of film sold regardless of mfg takes away potential revenue. Any company that is concentrating on digital wants to see the total extinction of film and film cameras.
The timing of things such as this announcement are usually tied to upcoming earnings reports (to help cushion fallout from a bad report) or to demonstrate that a new CEO is aggresive in his strategic outlook.
I think one reason we have not read about discontinuing of film is that they need to save that announcement for when they need to pump up the stock price.
Cutting jobs, closing factories and dropping marginal product lines is music to the ears of the institutional investors who probably control most Kodak stock in various mutual funds and large holding companies.
MattCarey said:I don't have an MBA or anything, but I think that the tax advantages come before the depreciation is over. If they scrap an item (or whole plant) that still has some book-value, they can claim that as a loss, I believe.
Not that I am suggesting that this is in Kodak's plan.
Matt
jovo said:I disagree. If (and of course they do) their fomulae have monetary value, they'll absolutely sell them. It would be irresponsible not to. There is a legal compulsion to generate the greatest return to investors as a condition of incorporation as a publically traded company. Besides...since Kodak has determined that the/their future is digital...what difference would the miniscule fine art black and white printing paper market make to them anyhow? Enemy?... Hardly.
(On the other hand, everything I just said makes sense, at least to me. So to assume that logic will rule the corporate mind requires an enormous leap of faith and a large dose of naivete. I could be quite wrong ;-))
You might be right, I dont know either, but either way I am thinking Kodak's film making days are numbered.....MattCarey said:I don't have an MBA or anything, but I think that the tax advantages come before the depreciation is over. If they scrap an item (or whole plant) that still has some book-value, they can claim that as a loss, I believe.
Not that I am suggesting that this is in Kodak's plan.
Matt
snaggs said:Support Ilford.. most management buy-outs fail after a few years, and they're the only ship in town which wants to produce analog products. If they go under again, then you are guaranteed to see the loss of film within 5 years.
Kodak is just saying they'll keep making film since logistically they can only close so many things at once. Remember, CEO's dont get bonuses for achieving things in 15 years.. his bonus will be to rid Kodak of film inside 5 years.
Daniel.
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