From Daguerre to Digital: The Life Cycle of Silver Halide Photography 1839 to 2005 Paperback – October 21, 2025

From Daguerre to Digital is a comprehensive presentation of the 166 year life cycle of silver halide photography, written by a photographic scientist with more than 40 years management experience in manufacture and marketing of photographic film. Market segments, product innovations, and the biggest producers of silver halide film are all presented. FujiFilm is the successful survivor, and the reasons that Fuji was so successful while more than 50 film producers failed are clearly and expertly presented for the first time.Who will find this book to be very informative?1) Everyone who worked at any of the photographic film manufacturing companies;2) Anyone who ever developed their own film;3) Anyone who took 35mm color slides or 8mm motion picture films;4) Everyone who would really like to know why Kodak struggled while Fuji remained very profitable;5) Every photographer, professional or advanced amateur, who made the transition from film camera to digital camera. Read more