A friend of mine called to get my recommendations for an SLR or PS camera for her daughter. I mentioned digital but her daughter wanted to go film. Maybe I should have also talked about Kodak films to use in the Pentax I suggested she get.
Jim A. > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:18:48 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Tough times in Rochester > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:15:41 -0400 > > Kodak braces for film's fade > > http://www.democratandchronicle.com/biznews/07246A1A3QC_ek24_business.shtml > > "Photographic film, the product that helped create both a city and a > company, is heading for the fate of the American elm tree, white gloves, > enclosed phone booths, slide rules, carbon paper and other pieces of > vanishing Americana." > > "Rochester�s largest employer acknowledged publicly for the first time > Wednesday that film � its franchise for more than a century � is headed > into a slow and lengthy decline, at least in the United States." > > "Kodak indicated that consumers were switching to digital cameras at a > faster rate than expected and reducing their use of roll film > accordingly � by 8 to 10 percent this year and more in coming years." > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com >
