The ones that make good film likely won't. <G>
Seriously though, Agfa film is definitely behind Kodak and
Fuji in terms of overall image quality (this is based on what I
see going through my lab). They likely don't see themselves
competing with Kodak/Fuji in what debatably is a shrinking
market.
There may be a bit of Chicken Little going on here as well.
The sale of digital is definitely taking off, but is the sale of
35mm and APS really shrinking? My volume numbers at my photo lab
say no. We are up again over last year by a small percentage. It
would be a larger percentage except that the company opened
another store recently, which drew off some of our potential
volume.
My own thought is that film/digital will come to share the
marketplace in much the same way that radio and television share
the marketplace. Different mediums with different strengths and
weaknesses. While sale of film may go down to the point where
the smaller manufacturers go out of it, it won't go away all
together, unless environmental laws make it illegal or too
expensive.
William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "P�l Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: Digtal is here. Film production to be stopped!
> The worlds third largest film manufacturer, Agfa, will stop
the production of film. Agfa will gradually fade out film
production. The reason is that the 35mm and APS film market is
shrinking while the sales of digital cameras is exploding in
most markets.
> Will others follow?
>
>
> P�l
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