Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:17 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > Long live Fuji & Ilford. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Shulman" > Subject: [Leica] Last Person Out of Rochester is a Rotten Egg > > >> http://tinyurl.com/2m27gn >> >> At this rate, the LHSA will bring more people to Rochester than EK. >> >> Jim Shulman >> Bryn Mawr, PA I have several relatives in the Rochester area connected in some way with Kodak. They tell me that all film manufacturers are facing the same decline in film demand and are scrambling to diversify their business. Fuji seems to be well positioned with its digital line but Ilford may be in worse trouble than Kodak. Fortunately Kodak has adequate financial resources to weather a few more very bad years. My nephew is charged with scouting out potential candidates for acquisition. On a recent visit I jokingly asked if Leica was one of those candidates, considering that Kodak sensors are used in the cameras. He actually took me seriously and said that Leica had been considered but that there was little point in seeking companies that were in decline. Now if only they made iPods things might be different. The only good news is that the production of 35 mm film stock will continue for some time, at least pending a large scale movie industry switch to digital. The layoffs at Kodak have severely depressed the housing market in the upscale suburbs surrounding the central city. You can buy an eight room MacMansion on a half dozen acres of land for the price of 40 Leica M8s. The area is quite lovely and, except for the economics and the lake effect snow, is one of the best places to live in the USA. Larry Z