Kodak dumps it's DSLRs!

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If the sensor had been decent, they could have given Canon and Nikon a run,
but even their samples on their website weren't that great.

http://download.kodak.com/professi [...] ibrary.jpg

http://download.kodak.com/professi [...] /model.jpg

http://download.kodak.com/professi [...] rtrait.jpg
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Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
newsf2q9117dk45gp2skq60737lf3sdpe9a9l@4ax.com...
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0505/ [...] lrdisc.asp
>
> Translated; There's much more profit in all-plastic
> point and shoot junk.
> -Rich

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"cheap" appeals to the largest market share
"value" (quality for a given price) appeals to a lesser market share
"quality" appeals to the smallest market share

The market gets what it demands...if the quality of an item is disturbing,
don't buy it and some company will eventually fill the niche. Of course,
PART of the reason the market is demanding so many "cheap" goods is
due to manufacturers shipping jobs (i.e., income sources) overseas...it is
a downward spiral...at least until management jobs get shipped overseas.

Even when a country is capable of producing quality goods (like China),
it is still mostly the "cheap" stuff that comes over here. The Chinese
(manufacturers) complain that our importers don't want to buy quality
and the consumers (here) complain about the quality...but keep buying
so it keeps on coming. Too many shopaholics here for a healthy market.
If it doesn't meet your needs, don't buy it!

George
(climbing off soapbox)

"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
newsf2q9117dk45gp2skq60737lf3sdpe9a9l@4ax.com...
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0505/ [...] lrdisc.asp
>
> Translated; There's much more profit in all-plastic
> point and shoot junk.
> -Rich

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"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
newsf2q9117dk45gp2skq60737lf3sdpe9a9l@4ax.com...
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0505/ [...] lrdisc.asp
>
> Translated; There's much more profit in all-plastic
> point and shoot junk.
> -Rich

Part of the problem might have been aesthetics, too: their dSLR looked as
if it were designed by Mr. Potatohead.

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G.T. wrote:

>
> It's hard to find basic household and gardening
> utensils that are made like they were 30 years ago.
>

I was looking for a GOOD coffee grinder. All most stores had were the cheap
plastic "grinders" that work like a blender. Finally found a store that
sold a kitchenaide -real- grinder and it was only like 3X as much as the
garbage cheapo ones, was all metal and glass and actually grinds the
coffee. Sure I could have saved $70 and got the cheap one, this good one
should last the rest of my life. I bet they sell 100 cheap ones to every
good one though.
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Stacey

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Hi Steven,

Steven M. Scharf wrote:
> So first KM, and now Kodak. Who's next to exit the D-SLR
> business, Olympus, Pentax, or Sigma?

KM? Do you habe info they left? Although it would not surprise me when
they would try to stop the bleeding any time (same for Oly)

Regards

Benedikt

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RichA wrote:

> I can't believe Kodak couldn't make money selling $5000 DSLRs.

You have to sell more than ten to make up for the development cost!

Eventually the bean counters at Olympus, Pentax, and Sigma, are going to
prevail, and convince top management that continuous negative ROI's are
not part of a long term business plan. It takes longer for this to
happen in Japan, than in the U.S.. It's be one thing if the market share
of any of these players was in the double digits, but they are splitting
2-5% of the total available market. Maybe Sony will pick up one of them.