And in today's news, Kodak inches a bit closer to death by ceasing to produce cameras. Now I know what you're thinking, "Kodak hasn't made good cameras since like 1960!". Well, that's true. They weren't great professional quality gear - but they were a good value for the market niche they occupied.

But wait, there's more! You haven't even heard the funny part yet - Kodak will now be focusing on selling inkjet printers. Yep, that's right. Inkjet printers. Now if you're asking yourself what the fuck the Kodak board was smoking when they decided that, well, it's called "Ex-HP CEO". This is what happens when you hire some idiot from HP. This is the same guy that won the prestigious Worst CEO of 2011 award from Motley Fool.

So, why the inket hate? Well, they serve very little purpose. Larger companies tend to use laserjets due to speed and lower cost of operation, and artists tend to outsource printing (photo quality printers are quite pricey). Also, HP is pretty much the undisputed champion of shitty useless printers inkjets, so why assault HP on their own turf? Oh wait, that's right, Kodak's CEO Antonio Perez used to work there. Is this perhaps some executive dick waving at the cost of my favorite film manufacturer?

Source: Reuters.

Todays picture: a statue from one of the New Orleans cemeteries. Link goes to full set.

Today I thought I'd go out and play with my new R25 filter (last one got stepped on). Weathered marble looks pretty neat through one, so why not hit up Lafayette #1? Last time I shot that one was about six or seven years ago at least. So I go to develop it, and... it's purple. Not a little purple tint, but really purple. Both rolls. I use a different older roll to take pictures of my retarded dogs, and that one came out fine.

Kodak, what's with you lately (a retarded CEO perhaps!)? Please don't mess up Tri-X, I love that stuff.



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Via the WSJ.

Kodak has now officially filed for bankruptcy. It appears that they're going to be "restructuring", and when you have a crap ex-HP exec as your CEO, that means "fucking everything up beyond belief" I suppose. Maybe they could start by firing his incompetent ass and getting someone decent in there to replace him.

That actually makes me wonder how the CEO hiring process works. Do bad CEOs make the rounds from company to company, sort of like the management equivalent of an STD on the set of Jersey Shore? Or do most boards just not have a clue how to hire someone? All I ever see in the news these days is "blahblah CEO makes 500m per year while company goes bankrupt", etc etc.

Here's today's picture: some rather cliched powerline shots.

I decided I'd pick up some of this stuff from B&H to play around with. My thoughts so far? All in all I like it much better than TMAX - it's not quite as, well, boring. It's pretty sharp and develops well, but seems to have a lot of grain in Ilfosol 3. It doesn't have anywhere near the dynamic range of TMAX.

It would appear that Kodak is finally filing for Chapter 11. I knew it was only a matter of time after they sold their gelatine division last month. It appears that they've been going through around $70,000,000 per month trying to stay afloat.

This is a prime reason why any company that thinks they can stop innovating and evolving and sit back and get rich off of patent royalties needs to seriously re-evaluate their business model. Or, you know, if could be because their CEO is from HP. Really now, I'd have some second thoughts about hiring someone that not even HP wanted.

From Huffington Post and LA Times.

Edit: Apparently Eastman Kodak may be denying that. Is that what I get for reading HuffPo, or is that the standard fare from their useless douchebag of an ex-HP CEO.

I bought two rolls of cheap color film from CVS to try out a newly purchased camera (Nikon F5). After developing, it appears to be rebranded Kodak Ultrachrome. Kinda boring really, just no excitement. No vivid colors, nothing oversatured, very meh.

Also, I found a hill in City Park, and I'm pretty sure it's higher than Monkey Hill. For those of you not in New Orleans, you have no idea what this means. Just move along.

Full set of City Park (film) images.

In this set, you'll find images from Oddfellow's Rest, St. Patrick's, and a few from the Jewish and Masonic cemeteries.

If you've never been to New Orleans before, you'll notice that most of the people are buried in tombs. There's a reason for this: with the low water table here, it floods very easily. Guess what floats... that's right, you do! Well, you do when you're dead at least.

If you'd like to learn more about the tombs, you can find a great overview of the architecture here.

I've actually made an attempt to caption all of the shots this time around.

... and oh god he still exists. Have a look at Retard getting a sour cream tub stuck on his head while I figure out how AlkalineApp is written.