Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rich, >>Digital is nailing Polaroid for the count. Those cheap digital cameras fill a market that Polaroid counted on for film sales. I recall as a frosh at RIT, Polaroid practically gave the class their 4x5 back. Bankrupcy? Like....<< Polaroid owned the instant film market. Remember when they fought Kodak and won a number of years back, after Kodak introduced and instant film camera. Now the competition is coming from an entirely new direction. Though it hasn't been overnight. What's next? I think we all see some writing on the wall. Film sales may decline at some point. The real question is how much, and what will it impact? Film won't dissappear. But fewer choices? Maybe. OTOH maybe sales will grow. Even the business world has to make some assumptions. Mistakes can be costly. I don't think we've seen anything yet like we'll see in the future on the Internet. There's another wave coming. Digital imaging will be very, very big. Digital video too. Five years ago I couldn't send an image to someone if my life depended on it. Not that I was technically illiterate. I just couldn't afford it, or it wasn't practical. Today it's as cheap and easy as sneezing. What about 5-years from now. Fasten seatbelts and enjoy the ride. I'm digital. But I'm also Leica. Dave