Comments on: Kodak to Sell Off Film Division, Ilford to Benefit

By: Joe Nobles

Joe Nobles — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:46:00 +0000

Hello all, I have been an avid user of Ilford products for nearly twenty years. It began when I bought my first medium format camera. I have loved their B&W for their unique texture, these films fit my style for their tonality and they are a good match for my antique equipment (both formats 35 mm and 120). I especially like the results from these films when used in my Leica M6 TTL, and my Rolleicord III, not to mention in the various FED and Zorki cameras.

By: ortnerphoto

ortnerphoto — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:09:00 +0000

Kodak continued to ignore the Professional Photography market and extolled and supported the consumer market, the amateurs. They have had a long history of poorly thought out marketing strategies, and behind the times decision making. Unfortunately this is where it has led them. And now they continue to make the same mistakes. They have brought this on themselves. Such a shame, because they had some fantastic films . T-Max 100, Kodachrome 25 — well, it just doesn’t get any better than those. They continue to dig the hole deeper and deeper. I feel sorry for the people who have dedicated their lives to working at Kodak. The company has let them, and all pro photographers down. poor decision making — over and over again.

By: jprandt

jprandt — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:44:00 +0000

(german bad english …. sorry)

AHHH with film we make money

YEAH lets sell the film devision

KODAK YOU ARE DYING BECAUSE OF DECISIONS LIKE THIS

wanna make millions sell us scanner and film

i would give you

1500€ for 35mm film scanner
2000€ for 120/220 film scanner

or sell us film, prossesing and scanning (48bit ,4000ppi) 20€ all inclusive

SO REMEMBER , BUSINESS EXECUTIVES MAKE NO CLIENTS HAPPY

no inovation…. just boring boring boring people ! and a computer can make their job. like on wall street computers can trade…

By: Carissa Pelleteri

Carissa Pelleteri — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Yes it matters who they sell too! This is unbelievable and yes, depressing! Sad that they are just throwing in the towel.

By: Carissa Pelleteri

Carissa Pelleteri — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Yes it matters who they sell too! This is unbelievable and yes, depressing! Sad that they are just throwing in the towel.

By: mlcred

mlcred — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:54:00 +0000

I second Rich Maher’s comment.
I still shoot film exclusively, but only chromes — they scan into the computer beautifully and can be converted to B/W easily. Yes, I will deeply miss the Great Yellow Father’s products.

By: mlcred

mlcred — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:54:00 +0000

By: Stan Rogers

Stan Rogers — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:17:00 +0000

They are maintaining a niche film presence — just narrower and more profitable niches than you have in mind (high-resolution aerial and the remaining cine market). As hard as it may be to admit it, consumer small-format film is dead, medium format film is dying as a pro choice (most of the 120 being shot is being shot on Holgas and Dianas, not on ‘Blads, Bronicas, Mamiyas and Rolleis; the majority users of old, the wedding photographers, have gone DSLR photojournalist for the most part) and large-format film is an oddball high-end amateur space (pro production shots have pretty much gone to MF digital backs, either on 645 bodies or on view cameras). Staying aboard that sinking ship would still mean the end of the company.

I’m more surprised to see the SnapLab go, but I’d bet that it was the only way they could entice anybody to take the stills film business at all. That was an area with a foreseeable future in consumables (and they really only had Mitsubishi as an event competitor).

By: Bob Soltys

Bob Soltys — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:40:00 +0000

another vote that its a bad decision … I’ll buy ten 100-foot rolls and freeze them …

By: nortypig

nortypig — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:49:00 +0000

Bad decision… the days of being a large Kodak empire are gone and the choice they made was to take on HP for office printers? My MBA would steer me to suggest they would have done well to go back to their core competency of film and using the Kodak brand to become the go-to niche film company… flat organisational heirarchy… retain and nurture their expertise (which is lost the moment they stop making film) and focus on nurturing and building a film community that allows Kodak to survive as a viable business into the long-term. A small lean modern company instead of a flailing behemoth… sadly I think the problem is the people making the decision are self-interested in trying to maintain a fantasy that Kodak will continue to be a big company. Hands up who thinks of Kodak for office printers? Nope.