Another nail in film coffin

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"Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:42F756AC.699F6184@blueyonder.co.uk...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4130620.stm
>
> Dixons to end 35mm camera sales
>
> High Street retailer Dixons, which started by selling 35mm cameras, is
> to stop stocking the items because of the popularity of digital
> cameras.
> The company has said it will not be stocking any more after the
> current stock of the film cameras runs out.
>
>
> --
> Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Stop and Look
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Yes, I heard that on the radio today.

I don't think that anything Dixons do is very relevant to photographers
anyway.

What sort of range of Film SLR Cameras did they stock within the last 20
years. 1 from Canon, 1 from Nikon, and if it was a big branch maybe 1 from
Minolta, and none of them were any where near top of the ranges.

Dixons is a Consumer Electronics store, not a Camera Shop, so anything they
have to say about Photography can be ignored. None of their staff ever knew
anything about photography, in any case.

Their standard answer if you asked for something they did not stock, was to
say it was no longer made. I have been told that about Mono Film, 120 Film,
Tripods and Projector Screens.

They are equally ignorant about Computers, and real Hi Fi.

So in a few months time they will be telling Joe Public that Film Cameras
are no longer made.

Roy G

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Roy wrote:
>
> "Paul Heslop" <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:42F756AC.699F6184@blueyonder.co.uk...
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4130620.stm
> >
> > Dixons to end 35mm camera sales
> >
> > High Street retailer Dixons, which started by selling 35mm cameras, is
> > to stop stocking the items because of the popularity of digital
> > cameras.
> > The company has said it will not be stocking any more after the
> > current stock of the film cameras runs out.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Stop and Look
> > http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
>
> Yes, I heard that on the radio today.
>
> I don't think that anything Dixons do is very relevant to photographers
> anyway.
>
> What sort of range of Film SLR Cameras did they stock within the last 20
> years. 1 from Canon, 1 from Nikon, and if it was a big branch maybe 1 from
> Minolta, and none of them were any where near top of the ranges.
>
> Dixons is a Consumer Electronics store, not a Camera Shop, so anything they
> have to say about Photography can be ignored. None of their staff ever knew
> anything about photography, in any case.
>
> Their standard answer if you asked for something they did not stock, was to
> say it was no longer made. I have been told that about Mono Film, 120 Film,
> Tripods and Projector Screens.
>
> They are equally ignorant about Computers, and real Hi Fi.
>
> So in a few months time they will be telling Joe Public that Film Cameras
> are no longer made.
>
> Roy G

oh I agree about the store... and wasn't it their sister store, currys
who announced they had stopped stocking VHS?
--
Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

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Paul Heslop wrote:

>
> oh I agree about the store... and wasn't it their sister store, currys
> who announced they had stopped stocking VHS?

Dixons again - last year

Tony M

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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:38:23 GMT, Paul Heslop
<paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Tony M wrote:
>>
>> Paul Heslop wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > oh I agree about the store... and wasn't it their sister store, currys
>> > who announced they had stopped stocking VHS?
>>
>> Dixons again - last year
>>
>> Tony M
>
>Good at this stuff aren't they? Mind, they're the same shop anyway
>aren't they? Them, currys and PC world?

They own the Link too..

Yep all part of DSG, Dixons Sales Group, They are trying to position
Dixons as the high technology center of the group, and Currys as the
white goods / general household items.

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Gavin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:38:23 GMT, Paul Heslop
> <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Tony M wrote:
> >>
> >> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > oh I agree about the store... and wasn't it their sister store, currys
> >> > who announced they had stopped stocking VHS?
> >>
> >> Dixons again - last year
> >>
> >> Tony M
> >
> >Good at this stuff aren't they? Mind, they're the same shop anyway
> >aren't they? Them, currys and PC world?
>
> They own the Link too..
>
> Yep all part of DSG, Dixons Sales Group, They are trying to position
> Dixons as the high technology center of the group, and Currys as the
> white goods / general household items.

Round here all dixons seem to be poky little places )
--
Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/