I will miss APS about as much as I have missed the kodak disk camera. I
dont see that we have anything to worry about any time soon.
I am willing to bet that we will see kodak 35mm cameras for sale in the
US for many many years. Whether kodak sells them here directly, or
China distributes them.
Charles
Joe Gwinn wrote:
>On page B1 of the 14 January 2004 issue of The Wall Street Journal appears the
>article "Ending Era, Kodak Will Stop Selling Most Film Cameras", by James
>Bandler. Basically, what Kodak completely abandoned is the Advantix APS
>(Advanced Photo System) camera line. Kodak will continue to sell 35mm and APS
>film, and disposable cameras, worldwide. While Kodak will stop selling 35mm
>cameras in the US, Europe, and Canada, it will continue in China, India,
>Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The APS cameras cost about 15% more than
>comparable 35mm cameras, and consumers didn't respond.
>
>Kodak sold the first film cameras for amateur use, in 1888, long before 35mm.
>
>The chart "Changing Picture" in the article is interesting, showing unit sales
>of cameras (film and digital) from 1983 to present, based on data from the
>Photo Marketing Association. Basically, sales were from 16 to 20 million
>units a year for many years, and began to rise in 1996 even as digital cameras
>first appeared. Soon, film camera unit sales started to drop even as digital
>cameras grew, crossing over in 2003. From then on, digitals predominate. The
>total market in 2003 was more like 24 million units.
>
>APS cameras sold about 2 to 2.5 million units in 2003, or about 10%.
>
>Joe Gwinn
>
>
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