What ever happened to Kodak
Dec 31, 2018 17:36:45 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Happy New Year to all of you in the UglyHedgehog country, where ever you are.
What ever happened to Kodak?
Kodak, after all, was an empire, and Kodak invented the photo chip to create digital photography.
Pictured, here is the Brownie, up to the 35mm Kodak Retina Reflex, all the way to the Kodak DCS/n (&c). I have many other Kodak’s in my collection including the fold-outs.
In Quebec Canada, cameras were referred to a Kodak, all cameras, just like Kleenex and Q-Tips.
Was it that they decided not to make Kodak Ektar lenses for the DCS, and only for Nikon and Canon lenses?
Does anyone out there know the story of why Kodak fell to bankruptcy?
What was the break point?
Sincerely
Peter Brandt
NYC
Peterbrandt.com
PS: this picture was taken with my Samsung cellphone and room lights.
What ever happened to Kodak?
Kodak, after all, was an empire, and Kodak invented the photo chip to create digital photography.
Pictured, here is the Brownie, up to the 35mm Kodak Retina Reflex, all the way to the Kodak DCS/n (&c). I have many other Kodak’s in my collection including the fold-outs.
In Quebec Canada, cameras were referred to a Kodak, all cameras, just like Kleenex and Q-Tips.
Was it that they decided not to make Kodak Ektar lenses for the DCS, and only for Nikon and Canon lenses?
Does anyone out there know the story of why Kodak fell to bankruptcy?
What was the break point?
Sincerely
Peter Brandt
NYC
Peterbrandt.com
PS: this picture was taken with my Samsung cellphone and room lights.
Dec 31, 2018 17:41:26 #
Kodak is still crafting a few cameras: https://www.kodak.com/US/en/consumer/products/digital-cameras/default.htm but as of late, I've seen headlines which seems to indelicate that Kodak is reissuing many of the older Kodak 35mm film. We could be looking at a rebirth of sorts with the old 35mm cameras. Polariod seems to be doing very well with their rebirth of their instamatic type cameras.
Dec 31, 2018 17:57:37 #
Bokehen wrote:
Kodak is still crafting a few cameras: https://www.kodak.com/US/en/consumer/products/digital-cameras/default.htm but as of late, I've seen headlines which seems to indelicate that Kodak is reissuing many of the older Kodak 35mm film. We could be looking at a rebirth of sorts with the old 35mm cameras. Polariod seems to be doing very well with their rebirth of their instamatic type cameras.
Well, that is good news. I was wondering what to do with my old Pentax K1000.
Dec 31, 2018 18:04:57 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Thanks, was not aware of this selection of cameras.
All the best to you.
Peter
All the best to you.
Peter
Dec 31, 2018 18:06:35 #
The answer may not be what you think it is...
https://hbr.org/2016/07/kodaks-downfall-wasnt-about-technology
Andy
https://hbr.org/2016/07/kodaks-downfall-wasnt-about-technology
Andy
Dec 31, 2018 18:06:45 #
Look at the Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak Apparently they did not react to the digital camera fast enough, even though they were its inventor.
Dec 31, 2018 18:07:11 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
2Dragons wrote:
Well, that is good news. I was wondering what to do with my old Pentax K1000.
Sell it, lots of kids now discovering the old analog style photography, advertise at a college bulletin board.
Dec 31, 2018 18:50:06 #
AndyH wrote:
The answer may not be what you think it is...
https://hbr.org/2016/07/kodaks-downfall-wasnt-about-technology
Andy
https://hbr.org/2016/07/kodaks-downfall-wasnt-about-technology
Andy
Good article!
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Dec 31, 2018 19:11:32 #
The only camera I have ever owned was a little box Brownie.
Dec 31, 2018 19:27:29 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
Bill_de wrote:
Good article!
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Thanks for the link, a complicated combination to losing a legend.
Dec 31, 2018 19:33:03 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
hassighedgehog wrote:
Look at the Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak Apparently they did not react to the digital camera fast enough, even though they were its inventor.
So Sad!! How many people must have kicked themselves in the rear?
Jan 1, 2019 06:28:32 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
petercbrandt wrote:
Happy New Year to all of you in the UglyHedgehog c... (show quote)
Like Tech companies every where, if you do not change with the times, your done. Kodak, interesting enough, developed early digital technology, but they were so invested with film, they failed to capitalize on their digital technology.
Jan 1, 2019 08:11:17 #
Good morning. I understand that Kodak stayed too long with film photography even as it became passe.
So Kodak became tardy in the transition to digital photography which all but replaced film photography.
Film photography has become a niche technique in photography while digital photography has surpassed it.
Kodak could not continue its old business model with any success. I've read that Kodak upper management simply failed to adapt to the big change in technology bringing digital means of photography to the market.
Kodak as we knew it could not survive in business as supplier to a niche technology from an earlier photography era.
That said, Kodak contributed mighty to the field of photography and its development over the decades. So one could say that digital photography rests on the shoulders of film photography.
So Kodak became tardy in the transition to digital photography which all but replaced film photography.
Film photography has become a niche technique in photography while digital photography has surpassed it.
Kodak could not continue its old business model with any success. I've read that Kodak upper management simply failed to adapt to the big change in technology bringing digital means of photography to the market.
Kodak as we knew it could not survive in business as supplier to a niche technology from an earlier photography era.
That said, Kodak contributed mighty to the field of photography and its development over the decades. So one could say that digital photography rests on the shoulders of film photography.
petercbrandt wrote:
Happy New Year to all of you in the UglyHedgehog c... (show quote)
Jan 1, 2019 08:17:13 #
Jan 1, 2019 08:23:19 #
I'd love to see the return of some Kodak films, but would you have to send the exposed rolls to Kodak to develop?
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