Imagine a market that is decreasing with every item sold, meanwhile the competition is getting bigger and stronger. That is the digital carrier business. I doubt that any factory today would manufacture film only minilabs so the number of those is not getting any larger especially with more and more lab owners get rid of their old analogue labs and invest (often taking the heavy lease) in a digital or hybrid one. Also some of the oldlabs just go to the trash. Yet there must be around 10 companies now that produce digital carriers and develop new models, invest in innovation, marketing etc. What drives these companies? Optimism or craziness? I guess it's the same thing that drives us. We started d-carrier.netwith my Chinese friend more than 2 years ago. Since then I've seen prices going in every direction, new companies, new models coming, managers changing, more and more dealers spamming forums and classifiedsetc. And still we are here never to give up until the last analogue photolab disappears. To contrast a little bit what I was saying I have to mention that the number of visitors on d-carrier.net has increased dramatically during the last couple of months. Could this be because some lab owners are just getting the news about these devices and the possibility they offer? Possible. It is sure that until the used digitalminilab prices come down near that of an analogue lab it will be still agood idea especially for starting photo labs to go this way. And the headache for the already lab owners to sell your old lab getting it packed and shipped, then buying an other one, having it installed, learnto use it etc. Well, in case you choose to get yourself a digital carrier, we are here. Like I said. Until the last analogue only lab stands.
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