Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Welch wrote: Kodak is taking a hit right now on > its APS system, which it saw as a bridge to the digital future. The business press > reports Kodak will take down a big loss on its books from the system's marketplace > failures. APS is going through its second or third marketing restart. Coming back from the PMA show in Las Vegas year before last I was sitting on plane next to an English rep for some of the processing machinery. She said what this is all about (APS) is that the mini lab is dying, The demand for 60 minute processing is not that strong and all the manufacturers needed to find a way to sell more equipment. And the use of photography (which means amateur, of course) is apparently has little growth potential, except by manufacturing obsolescence. There are some advantages, of course, but the bottom line is to sell costly machinery. It is a hard sell. Donal Philby San Diego