I was surprised about Ilford, but I guess too much of their stock wound up held by Swiss Banks after they acquired parts of Ciba. There is a vast difference between a company run by someone who is in the business because that is the business he loves, and one run by somebody who is in it for the money. The money types will take their money and run at the first suggestion of falling profits.
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William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Caveman" Subject: Re: Medium Format still rules! (in some circles)
Wanna bet ? A case of Quebec beer ?
Are you going to deliver it?
Look at Fuji's marketing strategy over the past couple of decades.
They don't service any part of the industry that is not volume/ high profit.
When film hits their predefined profit wall, they will get out of it.
Kodak, for all their legendary stupidity, has been a much better company regarding serving the film marketplace.
My assertion does presume that Kodak isn't just going to dry up and blow away......
William Robb
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