Kodak brought photography to the masses.

[Borneo]

(05-31-2012 04:01 PM)HBravo Wrote:  Kodak was so big Paul Simon even had a song about, Kodachrome.

Yeah, but he's very short.

[Andrea]

(05-31-2012 04:22 PM)Borneo Wrote:  

(05-31-2012 04:01 PM)HBravo Wrote:  Kodak was so big Paul Simon even had a song about, Kodachrome.

Yeah, but he's very short.

Yes he is, but that is a wonderful song.

[F. Gordon]

I still use my Kodak Retina. Nice Filmsie camera. It was made in Germany. Forget the history of it. Too much info to store in my tired old brain. Film advance lever is at the bottom of the camera. Took awhile to get comfortable with that.



Polaroid is trying to make a slow comeback with their new Z340 but I don't think it will appeal to the masses like so many of their other cameras from the "good old days".

[Borneo]

(05-31-2012 10:23 AM)PassionateProgressive Wrote:  Anyone remember the Brownie Hawkeye? I think that was the name of it - my first camera for going to camp...You found your image by looking down from the top as opposed to looking from the side.

The Brownie Hawkeye.



There's a few in eBay. $25-50.

[blue_in_AK]

I had an Instamatic for taking family snapshots and whatnot, but I never really got into photography until digital came along. My dad was a pretty serious photographer and had all kinds of gadgets, a darkroom when I was a kid where he did all his developing, but it always looked so complicated (and expensive) to me that I never even approached it.

When HullBoss and I got married in 2003, he brought a Sony Mavica with him that his ex had given him, and it became mine since he's not photographically inclined, and I really liked the instant gratification. Once I got the hang of that, it was time to move on to the "rill dill" (as Sarah would say) and thanks to F. Gordon's recommendations and my husband's generosity, I'm now equipped.

I guess since I was never a film aficionado I can't get involved in the film vs. digital debates.

But it is sad about Kodak.