Exactly. Kodak stopped selling film cameras in 2004.
Peak film sales was in 2001!
Film sales in 2006 was the same as in 1994 ...
After 2006, the decline was drastic¹.
But the long tail of childhood memories stored on film and cheap digicams stretches far into the smartphone era. Remember, not everyone had a smartphone or even a good way to transfer the images out of there. Also, smartphone cameras were really bad in the beginning.
Peak film sales was in 2001!
Film sales in 2006 was the same as in 1994 ...
After 2006, the decline was drastic¹.
But the long tail of childhood memories stored on film and cheap digicams stretches far into the smartphone era. Remember, not everyone had a smartphone or even a good way to transfer the images out of there. Also, smartphone cameras were really bad in the beginning.
1: https://petapixel.com/why-kodak-died-and-fujifilm-thrived-a-...