Re: [Leica] [leica] re: what put you over the top?

["Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>]

For what it's worth, I purchased two little Polaroid i-Zone cameras for the
children of a friend of mine a week ago, and they failed to live up to even the
modest expectations indicated on the box and held by the eight-year-olds who
used them.  The box implies that this little $20 plastic camera will produce
instant, matchbox-sized color pictures, but we were unable to obtain even a
recognizable image on most of the frames, and nothing that resembled the pretty
pictures on the box.  And the pictures cost more than fifty cents each, so trial
and error is expensive.

Next time, I'll just get them disposable cameras; they are cheaper and they
produce excellent photos.  I can see why Polaroid is in trouble.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 22:18
Subject: RE: [Leica] [leica] re: what put you over the top?


> 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
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