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RobinA

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47. Hope You're Right

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:35 PM

Aug 2012

I like technology much of the time, but some things just aren't the same. Learned photography on Kodak film in the '60's. Learned how to develop film and print pictures in my grandfather's all-Kodak (except the enlarger) dark room in the '60's and '70's. Shot film in my Nikon until about 2006. Stopped with the film because I never much liked printing myself and I couldn't find good processing anywhere but at professional prices. Didn't take pictures for a couple years, then got a digital. The digital has its advantages, but I still don't like it. I just don't like it.

Bought a Kindle because it seemed like it would be easier than actual books. It is. It's nice. I don't like it. I just don't like it. Give me a real book any day.

Now my iPhone you will pry out of my cold, dead hands.

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Kodak set to quit camera film and photo paper business [View all] hunter Aug 2012 OP

Sad times indeed. Not Me Aug 2012 #1

Kodak was a great place to work. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #3

I worked at Kodak for 10 years. Even their "consumer electronic like" products... reACTIONary Aug 2012 #37

Kodak sent me a new camera when I had an out-of-warranty camera break pstokely Aug 2012 #42

Apple and Google are rumored to go in on the patent buy. onehandle Aug 2012 #2

if they're not making cameras or film or paper, what's left? TrogL Aug 2012 #4

Kodak has a very large portfolio of industrial products jmowreader Aug 2012 #57

heh, heh, I know a buyer called Bain Capital, they love these downgoing companies wordpix Aug 2012 #5

They didn't see the writing on the wall in 2000 when HP introduced their first digital camera DainBramaged Aug 2012 #6

kind of like the '70s-80's when people were buying fuel efficient Japanese cars wordpix Aug 2012 #8

I don't think so nice try DainBramaged Aug 2012 #9

it's called an analogy, Dainbramaged, no "trying" about it wordpix Aug 2012 #11

Took me moment. Ash_F Aug 2012 #12

You think the UAW emblem is funny? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #14

He was laughing at the situation, not the UAW logo. GliderGuider Aug 2012 #38

No, I have a lot of respect for the organization. I believe everyone should have a union. Ash_F Aug 2012 #43

You're getting mad for no good reason. No one is making fun of the UAW. MADem Aug 2012 #53

Here's a fact, Toyota and Honda lost their way while the Domestics caught up and took back share DainBramaged Aug 2012 #15

yes & it took Barack Obama to get them to increase the CAFE standards & US fuel efficiency wordpix Aug 2012 #18

And Toyota has MORE gas guzzling SUV's than Ford and GM combined DainBramaged Aug 2012 #21

I have a friend who junked his Geo after it hit 500,000 miles. MADem Aug 2012 #54

A Geo Prizm IS a Corolla! jmowreader Sep 2012 #61

GM and Ford have lost share during the last year FarCenter Aug 2012 #20

OMG do you think Toyota and Honda aren't selling pickups and SUV's??? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #22

Does Honda make anything as large as the Suburban? pstokely Aug 2012 #24

Does Toyota? DainBramaged Aug 2012 #25

Neither does pstokely Aug 2012 #26

Wrong DainBramaged Aug 2012 #27

Not sure, but GP6971 Aug 2012 #30

No, they're only up to Tahoe size jmowreader Aug 2012 #40

May 2012 sales data from Motor Trend FarCenter Aug 2012 #34

Discussion over permanently DainBramaged Aug 2012 #36

Your anger chloes1 Sep 2012 #65

direct your anger at the exec's b/c Honda, Toyota were always ahead on fuel efficiency wordpix Aug 2012 #35

They survive because they make kick-ass products Union Scribe Aug 2012 #32

Because Americans don't have a monopoly on making good cars? armodem08 Aug 2012 #33

Some BMW are made in South Carolina pstokely Aug 2012 #41

I gotta agree with a lot of this. Ash_F Aug 2012 #45

They actually invented digital photography pstokely Aug 2012 #23

As a Rochester native- a lot of kids I went to school with were from Kodak families- NBachers Aug 2012 #7

My best friend moved from there 5 years ago when they started layoffs on a massive scale DainBramaged Aug 2012 #10

Looking back GP6971 Aug 2012 #31

So sad, end of an era Canuckistanian Aug 2012 #13

sad indeed Yahagirl Aug 2012 #16

Yep- It was a monumental event in my life when I received an Instamatic as a gift NBachers Aug 2012 #17

The Brownie GP6971 Aug 2012 #29

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail FarCenter Aug 2012 #19

this image was donco Aug 2012 #28

This may be the fate of traditional book publishing too daleo Aug 2012 #39

I don't think that one's going to go nearly as easily. Posteritatis Aug 2012 #44

Price differentials may make that a moot point daleo Aug 2012 #46

They May Accept RobinA Aug 2012 #49

I agree that paper is an ideal archival medium daleo Sep 2012 #62

I don't know. It's not really an even comparison. Xithras Aug 2012 #50

I like to write in the margins Kolesar Aug 2012 #55

I think a book is about sharing an imagined experience with a writer, especially fiction daleo Sep 2012 #59

Your observations about publishing and books here are spot-on. n/t Psephos Sep 2012 #63

Hope You're Right RobinA Aug 2012 #47

I like my kindle daleo Sep 2012 #60

My grandfather, a semi-professional photographer, embraced Kodachrome when it was introduced. slackmaster Aug 2012 #48

"Progress." Very sad, indeed, but we can't stop it. MADem Aug 2012 #51

never thought I would see this DrDan Aug 2012 #52

If Kodak had only innovated early instead of relying on patent royalties rachel1 Aug 2012 #56

It's not an issue of innovation... jmowreader Aug 2012 #58

I have a Z980 Mnpaul Sep 2012 #64

+1 insightful comments KurtNYC Sep 2012 #66