pslewis

KODAK have hired a Legal Firm which specialises in Bankruptcy .....

I bet every single reader of this post has held something made/processed by KODAK at some point in their lives.

corradoboy

Failed to adapt to a rapidly changing market.

Jaybird-UK

Don't they hold some juicy patents? I'm sure the patent vultures will be circling to buy the pickings

zip106

Certainly did.

This was their 2011 model...

http://www.mediastorehouse.com/image...00_1234727.jpg

pslewis

I had a Box Brownie Camera ... in the 1950's.

It was my first foray into into photograhy - not as easy as todays gear, a monkey in a wetsuit could take a good picture these days!

boxst

They have lots of patents but as above they failed to change with the times. Too much competition from electronic firms that wouldn't normally have encroached on their market.

I bought one of their printers last year and it is shockingly bad: Jammed all the time, came up with errors that required a new print head etc... I gave up and bought a Canon in the end. Much, much better.

Ant

Wasn't you in photography section few months ago asking about how your camera works?

pslewis

^^ No? ^^

Ant

You know the one where you thought you might be doing something wrong or the lens was faulty?

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Indeed they do. They've moved from their visible and traditional, consumer focused business (film and D&P) to a more background presence with R&D and component manufacture (I believe some of the high-end digital camera manufacturers such as Hasselblad use Kodak sensors).

what would scooby do

Of course Kodak is in trouble. Telly Savalas died in 1994

Leslie

Hope they keep going, big part of history I reckon.

Les

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

They recently opened a shop in our town despite the last 2 printing shops going bust.