Category Archives: Kodak

Kodak trying to sell its photo sharing service

By PR admin | Published: November 17, 2011

Reuters reported that Kodak is trying to sell its Photo Sharing Service for “Hundreds of Millions” after they already sold their image sensor business a week ago. Here are some “Kodak moments” from Chris Sandström that will probably explain how Kodak got in this situation: Kodak and the Digital Destruction of Value Chains

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Kodak sold its image sensor business

By PR admin | Published: November 8, 2011

The reason nobody heard about the new sensors from Kodak (KAI-16070 has 16MP, 35mm optical format, 7.4um pixel; KAI-16050 is APS-H optical format 16MP and 5.5um pixel) is probably because Kodak sold its image sensor business to Platinum Equity for an undisclosed amount. Leica M9 and many other point and shoot cameras are using Kodak sensors. Press release:

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This week’s recap

By PR admin | Published: October 16, 2011

Here are some interesting stories from last week: New Eneloops rechargeable batteries keep their charge for over 5 years. Check out also this post about the best AA batteries for photography. Apple’s iPhone 4S has a Sony sensor. Sony’s CEO was right and so was the Apple employee who published a picture taken with the new iPhone 4s on flickr before […]

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Kodak is losing it

By PR admin | Published: October 4, 2011

Kodak’s stock price went further down last week after concerns about a $160 million credit withdrawal. Yesterday Kodak said that they are not planning on filling for bankruptcy and their stock slightly recovered. The Kodak patent bid is due in October.

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Kodak’s patents may be worth $3 billion

By PR admin | Published: August 18, 2011

Bloomberg and WSJ published articles that Kodak’s patents are probably worth $3 billion and the company has started marketing them to potential buyers that could include Microsoft, Samsung, and even Google. The company’s equity is currently  valued at $600 million after a series of negative financial news.

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Hoya & Kodak updates

By PR admin | Published: May 14, 2011

Hoya announced their results for the financial year ending on March 31, 2011 “Revenues from continuing operations grew 2.7% over the previous fiscal year, to 413,349 million yen and profit before tax was up 26.2% to 63,758 million yen, mainly due to an increase in orders with the recovery in the market.” “Optics business did well this year […]

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Todays news: Sigma DP2x, Fuji X100 and other updates

By PR admin | Published: March 28, 2011

No SD1 yet: today Sigma announced pricing and availability of the DP2x camera: the MSRP will be $800 and it should be available in stores in late April. The DP2x was was announced in February, 2011.  There is still no word on the 46MP Sigma SD1 DSLR camera. Back on track: FujiFilm Japan announced today that the production […]

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Kodak’s investor pushing for sale or “turn-around”

By PR admin | Published: March 3, 2011

WSJ reports that one of Kodak’s investors is pushing for a turn-around or sale of the 119 years old company. The current situation of Kodak was described as “deteriorating financial condition and substantial diminution of shareholder value”. In the past few months Kodak made the headlines with rumors hat the company is for sale and […]

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“Kodak is Apple in reverse”

By PR admin | Published: February 16, 2011

The following headlines sum up the situation Kodak is currently in: Kodak reaffirms plan to complete transformation by 2012 Kodak signals move away from cameras? Analysis: Investors tired of waiting for Kodak to develop Eastman Kodak stock hits new 52-week low Kodak is Apple in reverse

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If someone will be acquiring Kodak, now would be a good time

By PR admin | Published: January 26, 2011

Kodak was already in a bad shape and it got even worse today (source: Marketwatch): “Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit dropped 95%, as revenue declined in both the company’s traditional film business and its digital segment.” There were some speculations last month that Kodak is for sale. The stock is currently down […]

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