“Kodak”

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George Eastman was the pioneer for the use of photographic film. He started manufacturing paper film in 1885 and named his first camera the “Kodak” which was for sale initially in 1888.  The camera was preloaded for 100 exposures and then sent back to the factory to be processed and reloaded.  Now days this would seem crazy to wait so long and have to do all that work to get a picture, but back then this was an incredible discovery of how to save real life images on paper forever.

Below is a picture of the Kodak No. 2 Brownie box camera.  It is so fascinating to see how cameras have evolved over time and learn from the pioneers of photography.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera

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  1. Jennie Magner
    6:39 pm, 09.13.14

    Michelle, I also find the evolution of the camera fascinating! I can’t imagine living during the time photography became accessible to everyone; it would have been so exciting to be able to capture images of your life for the first time. As well, learning the process of how to take a picture and learning the technology involved for the first time would be so interesting!

  2. Brenee Ewing
    4:40 pm, 10.22.14

    This type of camera reminds me of the project we did in class with creating our own camera. I didn’t really like this project it was very confusing and frustrating,because it was hard to produce a pick at all. But I also remember Nil talking about it and showing us how it works,which I thought was cool. The technique behind it was very interesting to me especially how they try to figure out the image so small was produced by this box…

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