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But the amount of photos that get printed are small, very small. Is it enough to save the company, without patents, without cameras? I only have 1 traditionall

But the amount of photos that get printed are small, very small. Is it enough to save the company, without patents, without cameras? I only have 1 traditionally printed picture, framed and sitting on my desk. I only have it because it was a gift. (I pulled off the back of it, it was printed on, you guessed it, Fijifilm) The other pictures I have are done in a less traditional manner. I've had a few done by Fracture, which people have loved (of which, ironically, I personally own none). No film involved. Can Kodak survive? I think so, but they won't be anything like the Kodak my parents or I grew up with, and only if they get out of the camera (and possibly home printer) markets.

marquis 15y ago
Is that also a matter of marketing? I love printed photos, and have recently starting printing photos books - amazing christmas presents for a start. I grew up looking through our family albums and I want my kids to have the same experience. It may be that there is a renaissance in the printed photo yet to come, and I'd trust Kodak for the technology of that if they could figure out how to fuel a boom.
- terinjokes 15y ago
  You bring up a very good point, one that I didn't even consider. I, also, would want my children to have similar experiences as me, it terrifies me slightly to think of how different things could/will be. I still think that puts Kodak outside the realm of cameras and printers, but could possibly reinvent themselves to that market. Last December my mother purchased a Kodak slide projector for my grandfather. We set it up and projected some of the 17 carousels, and clicked through them, as he and my mother would tell stories relating to them. It was a wholesome family experience, and we would probably not all crowd around a computer screen to do something similar in iPhoto. [Note to Kodak: Ignore my earlier statement about getting out of the camera/printer market and do a couple production runs of slide projectors… we've now gone through two of them because they're just so old!]

marquis 15y ago

Is that also a matter of marketing? I love printed photos, and have recently starting printing photos books - amazing christmas presents for a start. I grew up looking through our family albums and I want my kids to have the same experience. It may be that there is a renaissance in the printed photo yet to come, and I'd trust Kodak for the technology of that if they could figure out how to fuel a boom.

terinjokes 15y ago
You bring up a very good point, one that I didn't even consider. I, also, would want my children to have similar experiences as me, it terrifies me slightly to think of how different things could/will be. I still think that puts Kodak outside the realm of cameras and printers, but could possibly reinvent themselves to that market. Last December my mother purchased a Kodak slide projector for my grandfather. We set it up and projected some of the 17 carousels, and clicked through them, as he and my mother would tell stories relating to them. It was a wholesome family experience, and we would probably not all crowd around a computer screen to do something similar in iPhoto. [Note to Kodak: Ignore my earlier statement about getting out of the camera/printer market and do a couple production runs of slide projectors… we've now gone through two of them because they're just so old!]