Can we kill off this "Kodak died because it didn't see digital coming" meme, please?
> I imagine Kodak said something like this in the 90's: "Hobbyists might use digital cameras, but pros will still use film."
It's quite clear they were not saying this in the 90s, because Kodak was selling insanely expensive professional digital cameras for all but one year of that decade.[0]
They were ahead of their competition in adapting to the digital era. They lost because Nikon and Canon ate their lunch with vastly superior digital cameras.
> I imagine Kodak said something like this in the 90's: "Hobbyists might use digital cameras, but pros will still use film."
It's quite clear they were not saying this in the 90s, because Kodak was selling insanely expensive professional digital cameras for all but one year of that decade.[0]
They were ahead of their competition in adapting to the digital era. They lost because Nikon and Canon ate their lunch with vastly superior digital cameras.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_DCS