Kodak Photo Guides: Going through some boxes I came across some of my old Kodak Photo Guides and Pocket Guides. They were nice little books with good stuff in them. It's got me...

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Going through some boxes I came across some of my old Kodak Photo Guides and Pocket Guides. They were nice little books with good stuff in them. It's got me thinking about getting some HP-5 and taking my OM-1 for a walk.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Bygone daze.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Mac wrote:

Going through some boxes I came across some of my old Kodak Photo Guides and Pocket Guides. They were nice little books with good stuff in them. It's got me thinking about getting some HP-5 and taking my OM-1 for a walk.

I remember them. Bought them. Great guides before I invested in a light meter.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

I still have a couple of them myself. Bloody shame that "Big Yellow" couldn't have made a go of it in the "new world" with quality memory cards or some other useful items for digitals.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I still have a number of them. They are valuable and contain good information, if one knows how to apply it.
--Bob

Mac wrote:

Going through some boxes I came across some of my old Kodak Photo Guides and Pocket Guides. They were nice little books with good stuff in them. It's got me thinking about getting some HP-5 and taking my OM-1 for a walk.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Considering they invented the digital camera in the mid-seventies.
--Bob

cameraf4 wrote:

I still have a couple of them myself. Bloody shame that "Big Yellow" couldn't have made a go of it in the "new world" with quality memory cards or some other useful items for digitals.

ELNikkor

I've got just about all of those Kodak photography guide publications; never looked at them except to put them on the shelf; (they were my dad's). He was a physicist and worked in the optics apparatus division at Kodak from the 50's to the 90's, and among other things, was involved with Steve Sasson on building that first digital camera.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

rmalarz wrote:

Considering they invented the digital camera in the mid-seventies.
--Bob

Talk about "One that got away".

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Yeah, I can hear it now. "That's very nice Steven but remember, we're a film company".
--Bob

cameraf4 wrote:

Talk about "One that got away".

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

I still use the little grey card from one of them

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I had one of those. Used the gray card a lot for my close-ups. Worked great.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Bygone days, film company ... demeaning comments implying the books are trash, ol hat, and nothing to do with our modern digital world!! Regardless of film or digital Kodak was the source for good info back then and still today.

These books are filled with info that relates f stop, shutter speed, and ISO. Sensors are "electronic film." These small pocket reference guides are a treasure of how to.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Kodak published some great guides. I still have my B&W Darkroom Dataguide from the 60s plus later ones (and I still use them when I develop and print film).

bodiebill

TriX wrote:

Kodak published some great guides. I still have my B&W Darkroom Dataguide from the 60s plus later ones (and I still use them when I develop and print film).

can you digitize them and make them available?

bodiebill

Mac wrote:

Going through some boxes I came across some of my old Kodak Photo Guides and Pocket Guides. They were nice little books with good stuff in them. It's got me thinking about getting some HP-5 and taking my OM-1 for a walk.

can you digitize them and make them available?