Mike, I heard you, but just because Hasselblad tried and got tripped up doesn't mean that they could have stopped the revolution. That's kind of like saying "If Longenes didn't have their head up their ass, they could have saved the mechanical watch industry." Eastman Kodak had the resources and the knowledge of what was on the horizon, and they were much better capitalized than Hassy. They lost a lot more in this revolution than a simple camera maker. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:23 AM, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Companies have an institutional memory and like to do what they know >> how to do well. A major technological innovation can mean major >> dislocations. Suddenly that expensive Swiss timepiece is bested by a >> $6 chip watch from Texas Instruments. Mechanical time pieces became >> an anachronism. So too with film cameras... Regards, Bob S. > > The article says that the above scenario was not the case. Engineers were > working on digital solutions (did I write that out loud?) in the early 90s. > There was a takeover, the research was scrapped and the considerable > financial resources disappeared. Amoral bandits. > >> >> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:43 PM, mike wilson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Keith Whaley wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Derby Chang wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> A really fascinating essay on LL today. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/rise-fall.shtml >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Well worth a read by anyone seriously interested in understanding more >>>> about the turning point between film and digital use. >>>> >>>> I thought I had a reasonable understanding of it, until I read this >>>> article! >>>> Well written and (until something better comes along) pretty much a >>>> short >>>> but seminal revelation on how it all came about. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Derby... >>>> >>>> keith whaley >>> >>> I saw it as more a description of the gross mismanagement, followed by >>> the >>> financial rape and eventual (at least partial/temporary) salvation of a >>> world class camera company. It has less to do with the change from film >>> to >>> sensor than it has to do with asset stripping and feckless, ignorant, >>> self-centred little toads. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: >> 270.12.46/2143 - Release Date: 05/30/09 05:53:00 >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
