A Kodak spokesman, Christopher Veronda, said the company did not comment on market rumors.

Henry Kaska, a Kodak spokesman, said the product was not a failure, since more than 25 million of them had been sold.

A Kodak spokesman said that the show draws older visitors while the company hopes to attract younger people interested in photography.

Charles S. Smith, a Kodak spokesman, denied such a cut was imminent.

Paul Allen, a Kodak spokesman, said the decline was part of the company's broad effort to cut costs.

A Kodak spokesman, Ronald C. Roberts, said the company expected the final number to be close to the 4.3 million.

"We felt no need to be in the retail end of the business," a Kodak spokesman, Henry Kaska, said.

A Kodak spokesman, Paul Allen, confirmed the talks but said they had not progressed to the stage of an agreement.

A Kodak spokesman had no comment.

In Rochester, a Kodak spokesman said today that the company was pleased to have the matter behind it.