Have any Kodak folks stuck around?

[Rick_Kattelmann]

The Kodaks continue to produce great results. Just too bad that poor marketing won out over good engineering in Kodak's pro division. Although PhotoDesk works fine for some (maybe most) images and ACR is good as well, programs released since the Kodaks went out of production like SilkyPix and RawMagick have made the cameras an even better tool.

Rick

[LarryLetzer]

James and all.

I recently sent a request/suggestion to Kodak via John Olivera who forwarded to the president of Kodak Antonio Perez for consideration that Kodak make Photodesk available to other camera makers or to photographers directly.

Here is Mr. Perez's email address if you feel the same as I do and want PD made available to other camera users.

antonio.perez@kodak.com

[JamesBeine]

Thanks Larry, I'll add an email to the petition.
J Beine

[PeterHalperin]

While the D2X and D2Hs are my main workhorses now, I still turn to the 14nx for landscape and tripod shooting and still consider that it makes the best files for both resolution and color in it's "comfort zone." Having the pocket wizard internal is another reason it has special use, and I still think it’s operating system in terms of menus, WB clicking, and more are the smartest of any DSLR. best....Peter

[AlecThigpen]

I still have a 14n and a 14nx, but this year I bought a new Canon 1DS Mk II with a half dozen lenses, and I now find it hard to even pick up the Kodaks. I will use the 14nx on occasion, but rarely the 14n.

It is such a nice thing to put any lens on the camera and not worry about green magenta shift, or the camera telling you there is a lens mismatch, or having the flash pop up right when you are trying to take a shot. As soon as I buy a second Canon system, the Nikon glass and the Kodaks are going away. The Canon shift lenses don't have a problem on the Digital bodies, and the color is right even when shifted several millimeters, unlike the 28pc Nikkor on a Kodak body. The battery lasts for around a thousand shots before charging, and the body feels good, balanced and natural in the hand. I have an ISO of 50 to 3200 and they are all useable.

I really do wish Kodak had gotten it right, put everything in an F5 body, and used a sensor as good as the Canon - even the 5D chip would have been better even though it is fewer pixels than the 14nx or SLR. I used to really like my Nikon lenses when I was shooting film, and I need the full frame, so Nikon's digital offerings are out.