Mark, any idea why the "inkjet" chemist person was, seemingly, pessimistic?
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> This news story is interesting in that it refers > to Kodak's digital > >> business as expanding. I'm not sure that's > accurate. The only digital > >> cameras that Kodak was actually building were > their pro cameras, and > >> they recently discontinued their whole pro line > of cameras and digital > >> camera backs. Their point and shoot cameras are > just rebadged products > >> from the Far East. Yes, Kodak does make CCD > imaging chips, but I don't > >> know of any cameras using them, and they can't be > selling them in any > >> volume. Kodak has been floundering in its > attempts to go digital. > > > >Maybe it's talking about the sales of consumer > inkjets and paper. I would > >take that with a healthy dose of skepticism, too. > > When I was in Rochester last weekend I checked in > with my friends who > work at Kodak. The ones who work in the division > that makes imaging > chips seemed fairly optimistic but everyone else was > absolutely gloomy. > > I know a chemist who works on inkjet papers and > related stuff and he > didn't seem optimistic about the way things were > going at all. > > >> The only thing I know of that might keep ordinary > color negative film > >> in production is that in a number of states > digital images are not > >> allowed as forensic evidence, but I expect that > will change over time. > > I wonder what states don't allow it now? My SO is a > pathologist who > occasionally serves as an expert witness in court. > In New York State > they don't even ask how the image was made. Our > forensic pathologist > friend in North Carolina does his photography > exclusively digitally now. > > >> And, so long as motion picture companies shoot on > film there will be a > >> demand for those types of film. But that market > is also going digital. > >> > >> I don't see a future for film as a consumer item. > The days when you > >> can go into a drugstore or Wally-Mart and pick up > a few rolls of film > >> are definitely numbered. > >> > >> As a specialty item for fine art photographers, > black and white film > >> should be around for some time, but will become > increasingly expensive. > > From the art shows at which I've sold prints I've > noticed that, > regardless of what the final print looks like (and I > expect inkjets will > catch up with wet prints before long), people like > knowing (and being > able to tell their friends) that the print hanging > on their wall is a > "silver gelatin" photographic print made in a real > darkroom. This seems > to apply only to black & white prints. > > Well, as long as they buy the print I'm not picky... > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
