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They're taking their medicine, but it looks like some difficult years ahead. See the following: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070928/kodak...film.html?.v=1 Quote:
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KODAK will survive, as they adapt. The question of course, is speed. Can they become 'IBM'??? "International Business Machines" primary business was making adding machines 'back in the day. MECHANICAL adding machines.
I think KODAK will adapt and thrive, but as the articles say, it's a painful process. |
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents...cks_100x80.jpg
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents...rds_100x80.jpg http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents...ies_100x80.jpg They'll be fine. The difference, though, is that they don't have a monopoly on the market, as they do with film. |
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How much cost involved for a trip to the African bush shooting wildlife? TIA Regards Leigh |
Hi Leigh,
it depends very much on where and how you go. If you go on a four week trip to Botswana and want to have a private guide for the whole time (which is highly recommended for shooting wildlife) it can easily get as expensive as 10-15k$ plus international air fares. But of course you can do a camping trip for much less. However, you won't be able to get to the "wildlife hot spots" then. The Botswana government restricts access to the real interesting places and therefore it's very, very expensive. Alas! Kenya and Tansania are less expensive but more crowded. Somtimes you have 20 vehicles near a lion sighting. Not very good for photography. So think twice if you want to make money from wildlife photography. You don't get rich. But it's a lot of fun! |
Hi Rainer,
Thanks for the answer. I can not afford that. Pretty sad. Regards Leigh |
Never mind get rich! Just clearing costs and not losing a fortune sounds like enough of a problem! OMG!
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I would say that 90% of the shows I operate on remain 35mm (and as an indication of the relative budgets, 90% of the jobs I DP are HD...!)
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Wishful thinking?
I would certainly take that Kodak statement with a pinch of salt - 75% ?? I am confident that is certainly not the case here in the UK anyway. As a pro commercial and editorial photog of more than 25 years I have seen many changes over the years and have not shot any film now for the last five of them. Copy artwork onto 4x5 inch trannie was the last to go - at which point I closed my traditional lab facility.
Digital capture has many advantages over film but it's certainly true that post production computer time is now a significant factor. On my commercial location work for example I have found the overall time spent on the assignment to be about the same, but the time split ratio has changed dramatically. In the past I would have spent a long time shooting Polaroids etc to get the final image on film at the time of shooting. Now I can spend much less time on the actual location shoot, but that time saving is cancelled out by the much longer post production of the raw images. Digital cameras have a fixed native resolution so any assignment needing really large images - billboard posters for example or automobile advertising stuff etc - could still perhaps benefit from being shot on film since this can then be scanned at very high resolution. However, modern interpolation software does an incredible job of increasing the files generated by digital cameras. Do I miss the "good ol' days" of film? ... Nope ... not a bit! Peter |
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Do you have a website to have a look at your art? TIA Regards Leigh Quote:
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Hi Leigh,
yes, we have a website. Since you ask specifically I hope it's ok to post the URL here: http://www.hoffmann-photography.com It's not only wildlife, though. |
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May I ask how you protect yourself from the big cat? TIA Regards Leigh |
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I'm afraid, we are hijacking this thread, but the big cats are really no big problem. The mosquitoes are! And the "Gentle Giants" can be quite, well, 'un'gentle at times. But that's why I recommend to have a good guide. |
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Most Kodak "pro" customers would use film since Kodak doesn't have offerings in the DSLR market comparable to Nikon and Canon. If you read the article, there is no single line claiming that 75% of photographers *favor* film . From the Kodak article: "75 percent of the 9,000 who responded said they will continue to use film even as they embrace digital imaging." This is marketing (fancy word for selling) speak for unquantifiable sales, as there is no mention of the volume of film used. |
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