Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hobby/art, compared to the entire film market, is indeed an 'empty market.' That doesn't mean that there won't be enough business to support what you describe as a few streamlined companies. But that has nothing to do with whether or not the age of film is heading for its Dec. 31. ;-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Hellman Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 3:37 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] INCORRECTLY R.I.P. ILFORD But IS the market empty, Dan? While B & W film and darkroom products may be heading in the direction of art and hobby photographers very quickly there still may be enough to support a few streamlined companies if with no research for the future. The structure of the business had been set up for a different market leading to more employees than are now needed. For instance, there still may be many people who want to use film and scan it instead of heading for the darkroom (which I just came out of). I hope so, because I'm not ready to switch to digital for B & W. For color, I use film and have it put on CDs with large enough files for printing on my Epson R800. There may be enough other people who will do this for years to keep a business like Ilford going, but not enough for product development. Jesse Dan C wrote: > A significant market share of an empty market doesn't amount to much. > > -dan c. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information