Some Historic Kodak Cameras
Mar 4, 2020 22:49:52 #
I am posting this here because the UHH peeps from the close up section are the bestest, smartest, most brilliant and appreciative peeps in all of Hogdom :)
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On the right (2 advantix APS) film cameras, introduces in 1996. APS stands for advanced photo system. APS was an adventure led by Eastman Kodak partnered with Fuji film and other manufactures to revolutionize the consumer market in photography. The aspect ratio was selected to be in alignment with the standardization of the HD spec. Also introducing the addition of meta data to the image file. It was (maybe arguably) the brain child of George Fisher (CEO of EKC) Who’s background brought him in from Motorola. Around the same time digital photography was advancing and eventually (more rapidly than though) won. The APS C sensors we are today very familiar with are based on this format. That is a quick review. Some of you may want to search the history of APS It’s pretty interesting.
On the left is a point and shoot 35 mm film camera (circa 1986). It was one of the new generation of reverse wined camera’s. Reverse wined, instead of pulling the film forward after each picture, the system unwound the film onto a second spool then pulled the film back into the cassette after taking a picture. Anyone who shot 35 mm back in the day and had accidently opened the camera before they rewound the film by hand into the cassette know’s the value of it (you now did not loose the pictures you already took). This was also a motorized process (no more hand winding and unwinding).
With reference to the former, APS took this to another level because it registered the films advance distance. So if you wanted to change film types you could take out the cassette in camera and replace it with a different film. Then you could put that cassette back in the camera and the film would reset to the previous position and you could continue (finish the roll) another time.
It was all actually some pretty cool innovation.
Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it :)
Photo....
On the right (2 advantix APS) film cameras, introduces in 1996. APS stands for advanced photo system. APS was an adventure led by Eastman Kodak partnered with Fuji film and other manufactures to revolutionize the consumer market in photography. The aspect ratio was selected to be in alignment with the standardization of the HD spec. Also introducing the addition of meta data to the image file. It was (maybe arguably) the brain child of George Fisher (CEO of EKC) Who’s background brought him in from Motorola. Around the same time digital photography was advancing and eventually (more rapidly than though) won. The APS C sensors we are today very familiar with are based on this format. That is a quick review. Some of you may want to search the history of APS It’s pretty interesting.
On the left is a point and shoot 35 mm film camera (circa 1986). It was one of the new generation of reverse wined camera’s. Reverse wined, instead of pulling the film forward after each picture, the system unwound the film onto a second spool then pulled the film back into the cassette after taking a picture. Anyone who shot 35 mm back in the day and had accidently opened the camera before they rewound the film by hand into the cassette know’s the value of it (you now did not loose the pictures you already took). This was also a motorized process (no more hand winding and unwinding).
With reference to the former, APS took this to another level because it registered the films advance distance. So if you wanted to change film types you could take out the cassette in camera and replace it with a different film. Then you could put that cassette back in the camera and the film would reset to the previous position and you could continue (finish the roll) another time.
It was all actually some pretty cool innovation.
Anyway, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it :)
Mar 4, 2020 23:51:35 #
How Cool. These were a precursor to digital If my memory is right digital cameras were starting to make their appearance around that time.
Mar 5, 2020 00:00:22 #
thephotoman wrote:
How Cool. These were a precursor to digital If my memory is right digital cameras were starting to make their appearance around that time.
Yep.... this was definitely the collision course. The system was a day late and a dollar short. Thanks for the comment and taking a look :) have a great day.
Mar 5, 2020 01:33:05 #
frankie c wrote:
I am posting this here because the UHH peeps from ... (show quote)
And we're always honored to have you post here, Frankie! Beautiful image and an interesting dialog, plus I learned something!!!
Mar 5, 2020 14:56:27 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
And we're always honored to have you post here, Frankie! Beautiful image and an interesting dialog, plus I learned something!!!
Thanks. As always. I appreciate your feed back. APS was an exciting time to be working on imaging's future. It is kind of fun to watch some of the concepts just coming into digital cameras were developed while inventing APS. Charging stations for batteries in camera, and the depth of the meta data including audio. To compete with on coming digital imaging there were small APS film scanners to convert/digitize you images directly to you computer (you could e-mail them to all your friends or post them). Kodak was working on both technologies at the same time making for some interesting internal competition. Just rambling bout fun at the film factory :)
Enjoy the day.
Mar 5, 2020 22:15:33 #
frankie c wrote:
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I am posting this here because the UHH peeps from the close up section are the bestest, smartest, most brilliant and appreciative peeps in all of Hogdom :)
Don't know about that, But I really enjoyed the post!!!!
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