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> They actually were into digital fairly early on. But they had fears it would cannibalize their existing business so they chose not to go that route; newcomer
by catdog 8y ago
> They actually were into digital fairly early on.
But they had fears it would cannibalize their existing business so they chose not to go that route; newcomers in the space were able to take over.
Sounds a lot like car manufactures, they stick to what they are doing and are good at despite being able to innovate. A lot of them may still do it the old way until nobody wants to buy that anymore, just like Kodak.
- ghaff 8y agoProbably true but there also wasn't a whole lot of interest in digital when they first did it. The broader point in this discussion is that losing their film and consumables business was going to cause them significant difficulties no matter how perfectly they navigated their way through that event.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoI seem to remember they had some quite innovative digital products early on, my first digital camera was a Kodak. In retrospect I'm not sure there is much they could have done, the likes of Canon and Nikon had decades of experience making cameras and electronics. Competing against them was always going to be tough.