Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, B&L were extremely innovative and encouraged partnerships and breakaways from their research rather then trying to control everything. At 06:07 AM 4/2/2010, you wrote: >Another Rochester survivor of those days was Bausch & Lomb. >Cheers >Jayanand > >On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Chris Saganich ><chs2018 at med.cornell.edu>wrote: > > > > > Eastman set-up that town for failure early on. Before Eastman put the > > screws to the place Rochester was one of the most successful and creative > > cities in the North East regarding technology. That's the reason Eastman > > set up shop there because of the already highly advanced work in > > precision > > manufacturing and optical work. Eastman came to complete dominate the > > Rochester economy choking off or swallowing up nearly every other > > business > > in town. Xerox, named Haloid at the time was a photo supply operation > > and > > survived the Eastman onslaught because they were so small as to go > > unnoticed. They bought the rights to a process invented by a clerk in an > > electrical machine patten office to copy diagrams for patten research and > > then developed photo-copy paper and machines to use the process. By that > > time Rochester was already a efficient company town and Xerox despite its > > innovative spirit couldn't return Rochester to its pre-Kodak dynamic > > economy. Efficient company towns are destined to stagnate and fail so if > > your living in one get-out while you can and don't look back! > > > > Chris > > > > > > At 11:30 AM 4/1/2010, you wrote: > > > >> *Q. What percent of your sales are film cameras?* > >> > >> The film cameras are running under 5 percent. > >> > >> This doesn't really tell me anything. Is that based on unit sales or > >> revenue? > >> > >> Even if you knew the answer, the real question is how many units of > >> film cameras were sold last year compared to the units sold the year > >> before that. > >> > >> > >> > >> Richard Man wrote: > >> > Sad. The digital onslaught continues... > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > http://www.northjersey.com/news/89346507_Leica_president_focused_on_big_picture.html?c=y&page=1 > >> > > >> - - - - - - - > >> > >> The real question is how much film is being sold and how long will it > >> continue to be available. Film cameras live a very long time. I took > >> some > >> pictures the other day with a 60 year old camera (Leica IIIc) using an > >> 80 > >> year old lens (Elmar 35mm f3.5). According to my two relatives still > >> gainfully employed at at Kodak the commercial film operation will be > >> shut > >> down within 10 years. This brings a sense of gloom and doom to > >> Rochester, > >> NY, a city that prospered on the basis of full Kodak employment. Too > >> bad. > >> Rochester and its suburbs are really quite nice and houses and real > >> estate > >> are going at a small fraction of their price in boom years. > >> > >> Now if everyone bought Leicas with Kodak made sensors - - - > >> > >> Larry Z (a dissatisfied Kodak stockholder) > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information