133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations

Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by kalleboo on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:02AM (#44898993)

And yet right now they’re back to chemical photography film being over 50% of their revenue due to the breakout success of the instax instant cameras

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by jkrom3 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:43AM (#44899737)

I love instax… it’s seriously so good. The wide version especially. I’m addicted to shooting it.

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by alistairSH on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:38AM (#44900923)

As much as I like the end result, I HATE the bulk of the cameras themselves.

I ended up with a Polaroid Go. It's relatively tiny. The output is nowhere near as good (arguably awful), but for my use, it's fine. I have 35mm film and mirrorless digital cameras when I want "good" photos.

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by vile_wretch on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:32AM (#44900854)

Kodak isn't far off from $1/shot retail for some of their film stocks.

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by alistairSH on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:44PM (#44902632)

Portra 400 is ~$0.50/shot (35mm, 36 exp roll). 160 and 800 are in the same ballpark.

What film stock are you seeing that's $1/shot?

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by kalleboo on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:09PM (#44914139)

Does that include development?

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by alistairSH on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:39PM (#44918116)

No, that’s extra. I don’t know if Kodak is selling those chemicals too.

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Re:133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations by vile_wretch on Friday August 15, 2025 @01:25PM (#44915072)

I didn't say it was $1/shot yet, though medium format Portra 400 is $16/roll (if buying in a 5-pack) which is at minimum $1/shot. E100G is a bit pricier depending on where you buy it as well. I'm mostly just salty because a decade ago I was paying $6-7 roll for Portra and now (in Canada) it's closer to $35-40.

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