Nikon + Kodak? Can anybody tell me what this is? It was in an Australian TV show, Murder Call (police photographer). Perhaps a device to make instant pictures (Kodak printer for...

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Can anybody tell me what this is? It was in an Australian TV show, Murder Call (police photographer). Perhaps a device to make instant pictures (Kodak printer for digital images)?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Charles 46277 wrote:

Can anybody tell me what this is? It was in an Australian TV show, Murder Call (police photographer). Perhaps a device to make instant pictures (Kodak printer for digital images)?

Must have been an OLD show. That’s an early Kodak DCS camera. It’s a modified Nikon film camera with “Borg” attachments.

It’s completely laughable now, but was revolutionary in the mid-1990s.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

First--it says Nikon... but Ok. Yes, it was probably the 90's.

But Kodak is very successful with this technology today on its own SMILE cameras that make digital prints (Kodak) in the camera. They finally triumphed over Polaroid after losing a billion-dollar settlement to them (paid cash) over the old analog instant pics. Not a bad idea to attach to our Canon digitals?

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Charles 46277 wrote:

First--it says Nikon... but Ok. Yes, it was probably the 90's.

But Kodak is very successful with this technology today on its own SMILE cameras that make digital prints (Kodak) in the camera. They finally triumphed over Polaroid after losing a billion-dollar settlement to them (paid cash) over the old analog instant pics. Not a bad idea to attach to our Canon digitals?

These were digital Frankensteins.
They didn’t make prints.
Read more here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_DCS

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Charles 46277 wrote:

Can anybody tell me what this is? It was in an Australian TV show, Murder Call (police photographer). Perhaps a device to make instant pictures (Kodak printer for digital images)?

It's a Kodak DCS-420 DSLR, a digital converted Nikon film camera, the first Pro digital cameras.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Charles 46277 wrote:

First--it says Nikon... but Ok. Yes, it was probably the 90's.

But Kodak is very successful with this technology today on its own SMILE cameras that make digital prints (Kodak) in the camera. They finally triumphed over Polaroid after losing a billion-dollar settlement to them (paid cash) over the old analog instant pics. Not a bad idea to attach to our Canon digitals?

Absolutely incorrect, it had nothing at all to do with Kodaks instant camera technology.

Carnpo Loc: North Carolina

Do not have any direct knowledge of your question. If you liked show look for a set of dvds. Charles Bronson "Man With a Camera" Mostly he uses a large format press camera but has all types of cameras including a Minox Spy Camera. Early Charles Bronson. He works for police, seems to get in a fight often. Hauls his cameras in a 1958 Ford Station Wagon.
I want to get me a 1958 Ford wagon. Put a decal in back side windows "Man With A Camera Photography" but I am not a fighter.

hcmcdole

They were probably the first "pro" digital cameras - Nikon top of the line film camera fitted with a Kodak digital back. Very expensive - $12,000 to $25,000 depending on MP - think 6 MP was the $25,000 model. I thought the camera site I was looking at back then (1999-2000 time frame) was off a decimal place but no, that was the going price. I guess Kodak helped cause their own demise in film?

So I settled on my first digital camera that Xmas 1999 which was a Kodak P&S (3 MP, 2x Optical zoom) for $800 (on sale too - $100 off - HAHA) which was 1Mp more than its competitor (Toshiba if I recall). I thought it was a toy but after I saw the results, I never shot film again.

The Sony Mavica is what spurred my interest back then but the media was a floppy disk - and the resolution was less than 1MP. My how the times have changed everything!

BebuLamar

MT Shooter wrote:

It's a Kodak DCS-420 DSLR, a digital converted Nikon film camera, the first Pro digital cameras.

It's a 420 which is based on the N90 which has the whopping 1.5MP. I think the first of its kind is the DCS-100 which was based on the F3.

Fotomacher Loc: Toronto

Kodak invented digital photography. The first images were black and while and 100pixels x 100pixels. They didn’t think that digital had a future.......

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

As I recall way back then, there were two models of the earliest digital camera. One was based on a Nikon body and I believe, another was based on a Canon body.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Charles 46277 wrote:

Can anybody tell me what this is? It was in an Australian TV show, Murder Call (police photographer). Perhaps a device to make instant pictures (Kodak printer for digital images)?

A pricey DCS camera. These were well over $24,000 when new. The batteries make todays batteries look like lifetime storage cells.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

burkphoto wrote:

Must have been an OLD show. That’s an early Kodak DCS camera. It’s a modified Nikon film camera with “Borg” attachments.

It’s completely laughable now, but was revolutionary in the mid-1990s.

I used one of these several times.
Rented it from Tempe Camera in AZ.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

Fotomacher wrote:

Kodak invented digital photography. The first images were black and while and 100pixels x 100pixels. They didn’t think that digital had a future.......

My Kodak rep at the time said they spent hundreds of millions on digital over 25 years.

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

MT Shooter wrote:

Absolutely incorrect, it had nothing at all to do with Kodaks instant camera technology.

Of course not--I meant that after their loss to Polaroid over instant cameras, their revenge was digital instant pictures in the end (today--their thriving SMILES line of cameras).