People still buy Kodak???

[Kelemvor]

Only people I know of that bad-mouth kodak (digital cameras) these days are ignorant and have never even used one. Everyone that I know that has used them and compared them.. Love them.

 

[Legend]

Women tend to buy Kodak digital cameras due to brand recognition.

Men tend to buy Canon, Nikon, etc due to optics, picture quality.

 

[thirdeye]

Kodaks are decent but my experience with them is they're so dumbed down a monkey could take decent pics with them. I guess that's good for the generaly non tech-savvy crowd.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: thirdeye
Kodaks are decent but my experience with them is they're so dumbed down a monkey could take decent pics with them. I guess that's good for the generaly non tech-savvy crowd.

because neither canon nor sony offers an idiot mode

 

[Banana]

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: EatSpam
Wow, I stopped buying Kodak after they laid off 15,000 Americans and sent their jobs overseas.

:thumbsup:as good of a reason as any.

That's an idiotic reason if he ends up buying a foreign-branded digicam.

Originally posted by: thirdeye
Kodaks are decent but my experience with them is they're so dumbed down a monkey could take decent pics with them. . .

:roll: Not everyone has the inclination or time to mess with a non-intuitive and complex user interface.

Originally posted by: thirdeye
. . . I guess that's good for the generaly non tech-savvy crowd.

Nice save attempt.

 

[hpkeeper]

Originally posted by: MX2times
I own a simple Kodak digi cam. Works fine for the basics.

I go to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) and I'm an Advertising Photography Major there. Kodak is right down the road from me. My apartment is about a mile away from one of the Kodak branch buildings. Around here the students well aware of Kodak and Kodak's situation.

Kodak is moving away from film and trying to get a jump on the digital age. It may be true that Kodak sells more cameras than Sony and Canon because Canon sells more Digital SLR's than Kodak does. To my knowledge Kodak doesn't even make a Digital SLR, mostly just point and shoot digital cameras, if you were to base if off that, then Canon would be in it's own group (Edit: against companies such as Nikon) where Sony and Kodak would be grouped together in the "point-and-shoot" group.

Where Kodak is losing buisness is in the film and paper portion of their buisness, as that is their main source of income... hence why they're posting quarterly losses vs. companies such as Fuji (who incidentally makes a Digital SLR if you're curious, as well as printers that print their paper)

So while Canon may not sell as many cameras as Canon does, Canon is selling less cameras for more money (digital SLR's vs. Point-and-shoots) You're talking about a $200-$500 camera vs. a $1200 - $5000 camera. Do the Math and that's why you aren't hearing Canon post a quartly loss.

Edit again: For those that are curious, at RIT you are required as an incoming freshman to own a Digital SLR by the end of your freshman year and you're only required to take a quarter (10 weeks) of darkroom work. The rest of your 3 years and 2 quarters you're not required to enter the darkroom. You can shoot everything digital if you like. However, many of the cameras we have access to are

Hasselblad H2D

-or-

This is just a back for a medium format Digital we have access to

...either case... you get the point. This is not what we have to buy incidentally.

I own and use:

My film Camera: Hasselblad 503CW
My Digital Camera: Nikon D100

I use Kodak VS 120 film when I'm shooting Med. Format frequently, and if I end up shooting 4x5 I use Fuji for chromes, Kodak for film.

as for paper, I'm an Ilford fan.

and when it comes to digital printing though, I like epson and fuji printers. /edit

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I still buy kodak film😛

For nostalgia's sake, or do you still use an SLR?

Canon Elan 7N🙂

 

[Vampirrella]

i consider myself a novice / basic user and my Kodak DX6490 does a great job so far.

 

[skimple]

Originally posted by: hpkeeper

I go to RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) and I'm an Advertising Photography Major there.

Go Tigers!

Originally posted by: aircooled
They had a slow start in the digital realm. I'm sure the name recognition saved them when they finally caught up.

Kodak had a slow start in marketing digital cameras. But not a slow start in research in the digital realm. They actually patented the first digital camera over 30 years ago:

The world's first digital camera turns 30

Originally posted by: thirdeye
I guess that's good for the generaly non tech-savvy crowd.

Yes, the company which sells the first WiFi consumer camera ever created, and has the largest image sensor in the industry should only be used by the non-tech savvy crowd. You tech-savvy folks should stick to the brands that have convinced you to pay more for features you won't use. Or do you take a lot of sepia-toned pictures?

Kodak Ships the World's First Wi-Fi Consumer Digital Camera

Kodak Announces Highest Resolution Image Sensors for Professional Photography

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: skimple
Yes, the company which sells the first WiFi consumer camera ever created, and has the largest image sensor in the industry should only be used by the non-tech savvy crowd.
...
Kodak Announces Highest Resolution Image Sensors for Professional Photography

I sincerely hope that they can pull through, but the fact of the matter is that they are hurting badly. They do have superior film and paper, and moderately competitive consumer cameras, but their professional cameras, despite always looking great on paper, have just not held up. The "highest resolution image sensors for professional photography" won't offer any advantage if their image processing still has unacceptable noise levels or hideous moire patterns. It's obviously a great sensor, but Kodak needs to make sure when it's paired up with their image processing that it turns out pictures as nice as the ones from the other brands using that sensor.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: skimple

Originally posted by: aircooled
They had a slow start in the digital realm. I'm sure the name recognition saved them when they finally caught up.

Kodak had a slow start in marketing digital cameras. But not a slow start in research in the digital realm. They actually patented the first digital camera over 30 years ago:

The world's first digital camera turns 30

First of all your link is broke. Second is even if Kodak patented it, they didn't jump on board until late in the game.

 

[AmigaMan]

I have a simple P&S Kodak 5MP and a sweet Canon Powershot S2IS. We've been to Hawaii twice in the past two years, the first time we took the Kodak, and the second time we took the Canon. While both produced good pictures, the Canon was just more versatile and gave us more options in lighting and composition. Although the Kodak was more portable in that I could just stick it in my pocket. I can't do that with the S2, but the zoom more than makes up for it.

 

[imported_weadjust]

The Kodak DC 3400 2.0 is one of the most durable cameras made. I use one everyday for insurance claims. The one I'm using now has over 20,000 pictures taken and 18,000 plus flash fired on the clock. I've dropped it off of a roof on several occasions. It also has some rubber around the edges so you can set in down on a roof and it won't slide.

I have recently purchased two more from ebay for around $50 each.

 

[AdamSnow]

I own a DX7630 6.1mp by Kodak and love it...

meh.