How Kodak invented the “snapshot”

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  • @MakeSomething
    @MakeSomething 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1570

    Can we talk about how "You press the button, we do the rest" is freaking brilliant marketing?!? In 1888?!?!

    • @tazgunnar9216
      @tazgunnar9216 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

      The backbone of marketing back then was clever solgans

    • @adelinechan9222
      @adelinechan9222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Olden days had such good, clever and catchy marketing slogans. Love it

    • @TinLeadHammer
      @TinLeadHammer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Can you? Go on.

    • @prosiescoteau2152
      @prosiescoteau2152 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Let's talk about how you used bots to upvote this super-generic comment to promote your own channel.

    • @pssurvivor
      @pssurvivor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i literally came here to say this! That was a brilliant slogan that'd fit right in today!

  • @MorningThief_
    @MorningThief_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +546

    Growing up in the Philippines, the word Kodak is actually a verb meaning 'to take a photograph':
    "Mag pa-Kodak ta!"
    Meaning, "Let's take a photograph!"

    • @norukamo
      @norukamo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I was looking for this. My grandmother uses it all the time even for smartphones.

    • @polmontemayor8170
      @polmontemayor8170 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      that's why they called photographers why back as "Kodaker"

    • @anric
      @anric 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      gikodakan, kodaki, etc.
      Is the term only in bisaya though? Never thought of this before

    • @MorningThief_
      @MorningThief_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@anric it is. It's Bisaya

    • @bigmanz9842
      @bigmanz9842 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Filipinos have a tendency to use brand names to replace their typical English term such as Xerox, Orocan, and Frigidaire!

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    Kodak moment is a term that worked its way into my personal lexicon

  • @Burnt_Gerbil
    @Burnt_Gerbil 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    I have a Kodak No 1A camera on my bookshelf I found at a thrift store. It’s so cool to see that technology. Now we all have cameras on our phones.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I have no idea how anyone could stumble on how to go about making color film and how they figured out all the different chemical processes in order to develop photos is absolutely mind boggling

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gotta say though, they weren't the only ones. After WW2 they took a lot of secret formulas and scientists from Agfa in Germany with them.
      Kodachrome isn't one of those though. That is pure kodak.

  • @RussellBeattie
    @RussellBeattie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +372

    1992: Kodak is 18th on the Fortune 500. 2002: Kodak isn't even on the list. 2012: Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

    • @istvansupka2980
      @istvansupka2980 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sadge

    • @CantBanDaSnoMan
      @CantBanDaSnoMan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      2016: They have the worst verse of the XXL Freshman Class Cypher

    • @symphony.7995
      @symphony.7995 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@CantBanDaSnoManvery funny

    • @muhammedjaseemshajeef6781
      @muhammedjaseemshajeef6781 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can thank phone cameras and increasing competition for that

    • @loganburde2838
      @loganburde2838 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The big problem is that kodak was never really a tech company at heart. They were most focused in the area of chemistry, even when they did start focusing in on digital tech they did not have the people that sony or canon had in the tech world to make it great.

  • @Moreinius
    @Moreinius 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +212

    Kodak had a genius in 1975 who literally gave them the biggest ticket to everlasting wealth and another genius who wrote a report in 1979 (Larry Matteson) who expected that there would be a complete shift to digital cameras by 2010 (which happened, the only thing that they couldn't possibly predict was the rise of iPhone and other smartphones). And the executives were still stubborn like a rock. Like are we serious? Sometimes I feel like executives shouldn't hold any power for this reason, they most of the time don't know anything they are talking about except seeing money numbers go up and lick investors buttholes.

    • @JonasHamill
      @JonasHamill 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      This is one of the reasons that Apple is so successful, not being afraid to cannibalise their own sales. The iPhone killed iPod sales, but the iPhone reigns supreme as the number 1 smartphone in several markets. They ultimately went from the brink of bankruptcy in the 90s to worlds most valuable company just over a decade later. Kodak could've done the same

    • @Jsoberon
      @Jsoberon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Kodak did try to move to digital. There were the first and only maker of professional digital cameras in the 90's. The tech was too new, and the market too small, so Kodak bet on compact digital point and shoots, which themseleves were killed by camera phones.

    • @stevenkidd6761
      @stevenkidd6761 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@JonasHamill
      Microsoft saved them by loaning them $$$

    • @pryebloo63
      @pryebloo63 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@Jsoberon Exactly! Kodak did focus on digital but in the wrong areas which was what ultimately led to their downfall.

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@JonasHamill
      Apple is protecting their Macbook 13 inch though from the iPad by limiting iPad capabilities, so its definitely NOT true that Apple cannibalises their sales, in fact Apple kept selling the iPod for long as possible and tried reviving it multiple times, what ultimately took it down was the fact other phone manufacturers like Samsung and HTC included headphone jacks, expandable storage and good DAC's in their phone.

  • @SMGJohn
    @SMGJohn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    This is why I love photography for the people, it does not have to be artistically perfect, it just has to tell a story. And ordinary people are frankly, naturally talented in doing just that, taking picture, of a moment.

  • @TechJolt3d
    @TechJolt3d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Kodak is from Rochester, and even though its incorporated in NJ, its still headquartered there. They never left, which I love, even if they've faded more into obscurity.

    • @ndiesel11
      @ndiesel11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's kinda 🔥

    • @TinLeadHammer
      @TinLeadHammer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The organic solvents they dumped into ground will surely remain there for decades if not centuries.

    • @CCNYMacGuy
      @CCNYMacGuy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There was one little ad they showed in the video that mentioned how Rochester was "the Kodak City." That was still very true for me growing up in the early 90s. If your parents didn't work at Kodak, you knew someone whose parents did.

  • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407
    @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    In the 80s and 90s my Mom would only buy Kodak film for our cameras. There was a photo processing shop next to my school, and so we would go get our travel album after she picked me up from school. And then digital came and advanced so quickly, when I travelled to the UK as a teen in 2004 I already had my first digital camera with me. It took pretty great pictures (had macro, night mode etc too). These days I have a DSLR and several old film cameras. I develop films in my bathroom with no window, it's a hassle. So I mostly use my phone like everyone else.

  • @RobsNeighbor
    @RobsNeighbor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    I come across so many stills 8mm vhs thrown away at the recycling center I work at on the weekend. Thank you for a great history lesson

    • @TinLeadHammer
      @TinLeadHammer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      "stills 8mm vhs"?

    • @bluekai9577
      @bluekai9577 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@TinLeadHammerMaybe they meant to say “stills, 8mm’ and vhs”. that’s the only thing that would make sense to me at least.

    • @SMGJohn
      @SMGJohn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bluekai9577
      He might be talking about the Video8 which was a VHS tape for camcorders, and it had ability to record images as well as video.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's sad. An historical center should look at them first.

  • @PerobenseAlbuquerque
    @PerobenseAlbuquerque 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    Really cool video as always, but it felt really short this time...
    I would watch hours and hours about this subject!

    • @thefernwehtype
      @thefernwehtype 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I felt the same! I am left with wanting more 😄

    • @awaitingthetrumpetcall4529
      @awaitingthetrumpetcall4529 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Good point. Maybe he'll read your comment and do a followup. I started wondering about Rochester NY and Polaroid.

    • @debbylou5729
      @debbylou5729 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, you didn’t get your money’s worth?

  • @NicolasDimov
    @NicolasDimov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wild to see this video coming out now as I've been inching my way, along a few of my friends, into film photography for the past few months after finding one of my dad's old camera.

  • @SeanLamb-I-Am
    @SeanLamb-I-Am 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    You left out the whole history of instant photographs popularized by Polaroid. Kodak tried making an instant film camera line, but got sued by Polaroid. This suit was a major factor in Kodak's fall in the 1970s and 80s, before digital cameras came on the market.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      interesting

    • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407
      @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Oh yeah they didn't talk about Polaroid! Which is still going strong today, with the new instax that doesn't require shaking lol

    • @SeanLamb-I-Am
      @SeanLamb-I-Am 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 Shaking a Polaroid photo was never a required step of development. It didn't make it go faster and it could lead to worse results as it disrupted the even distribution of the chemistry.

    • @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407
      @brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SeanLamb-I-Am So... why did people do that back then 🤔

    • @bountyjedi
      @bountyjedi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407Instax is Fujifilm though. And Instax is actually the successor of the Kodak instant photo format, as Kodak somehow managed to sell their technology to Fuji in Japan amidst being sued by Polaroid.

  • @magicknight13
    @magicknight13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The writing and research of this is already great but the illustrations, photos and editing really push it over the edge to truly amazing!!

  • @thedesigner00
    @thedesigner00 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you! Even though it pains me to say it, this informative, but highly informative and compact explanation, helps me replace a lesson I once taught in my high school photography classes in an interesting, visually stimulating and entertaining way.

  • @antaris905
    @antaris905 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    At the beginning of 21st century where everything is going digital, everyone thought that having your photos in digital format is easier to share and preserve, as it turned out how easily data can be permanently lost on a harddrive failure, a carefully preserved analog photograph in an album is probably going to have longer lifespan, and the sentimentality created by holding a piece of decades old piece of history simply hits different.

    • @DavidCruickshank
      @DavidCruickshank 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Comparing a hard drive and "a carefully preserved analog photograph" is not a fair comparison. A properly backup up and maintained hard drive will outlast any physical media, it just takes more effort to keep things maintained and up to date.

    • @tonecapone8021
      @tonecapone8021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember reading my public museum's website about 20 years ago. They were practically begging people to bring in their digital cameras to let them have copies of their pictures. The museum has a lot of old pictures, and their favorites are the snapshots of everyday life. They didn't want to lose our pictures because they never came off a digital camera that eventually dies.
      With smartphones, social media and the cloud, not as many pictures are being left behind on a device and lost anymore.

    • @woopygoman
      @woopygoman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      3-2-1 backup strategy. Problem solved.

  • @mikeroller6117
    @mikeroller6117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Today, there is a Kodak branded 35mm film camera called the Ektar H35 that’s only like $50 and takes awesome pictures! I highly recommend it for anyone who’s interested in taking pictures on film!!

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      how do you get film for it? And how do you develop them?

    • @mikeroller6117
      @mikeroller6117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Game_Hero There are a whole bunch of places online where you can get film... and a whole lot of mail-in film developers... I personally use a place called "Reformed Film Lab" to do both; they sell cameras, film, and accessories AND you can send them your film rolls to have them developed! They have an app to make ordering pretty easy, and they always offer deals!

    • @mikeroller6117
      @mikeroller6117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Game_Hero When it comes to 35mm film recommendations, I usually use Kodak's Porta 400. I'll sometimes throw in CineStill 800T if I know I'll be taking pictures in low-light conditions or at nighttime

    • @ej_tech
      @ej_tech 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Game_Hero C-41 color 35mm film is quite common now along with having it developed. Film can be purchased online like everything these days but there are photography shops that do sell it in person, including the one I go to personally the B&H superstore in NYC. You can also have film mailed for development to various labs around the county or if you're in a major city you can drop it off in person. Drugstores like CVS are no longer recommended.

  • @loistverberg900
    @loistverberg900 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I still have my Mom's Brownie camera that she used in the ‘30’s as a teenager.

  • @BigBoriWorld
    @BigBoriWorld 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He’s such a versatile artist , I enjoy skrt skrt

  • @dogmakarma
    @dogmakarma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    The thumbnail photo depicts someone with an 8mm movie camera, not a still camera. Not sure what bothers me about that, but...

    • @techgaming-on4wg
      @techgaming-on4wg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe they choose a wrong one
      Or used it as reference

  • @9DymOctane
    @9DymOctane 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful show. It’s incredible how much information can be transmitted in six minutes. Excellent writing and editing.

  • @64ccd
    @64ccd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was an especially good video. Great length, great pacing.

  • @briarlevit3969
    @briarlevit3969 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so well done as always. I'll be sharing with my students!

  • @BlueEyesSparrow
    @BlueEyesSparrow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brillant video and editing as always thanks !

  • @mike8055
    @mike8055 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Let's have a KODAK moment! Sigh, I miss those days of disposable cameras 😁

  • @RyanCameron
    @RyanCameron 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Having inherited my great grandmother's Kodak Junior Six-16 Series II camera, I've gotten back into film photography despite most of my work being in the digital world. While the film it was designed to take was discontinued in the mid 1980's, the magic of 3D printing has allowed me to add adapters to use 120 film in the camera. It's been so interesting to see the world through a film lens again, but with it only able to take 6 shots on a roll, it's rather expensive between the cost of the film, processing, and scanning working out to each exposure costing roughly $5. I felt like I needed to get a more "modern" 35mm film camera to continue the film experience at a significantly lower cost per image. If nothing else, it makes each shot a little more intentional because the inherent "cost per click" means I'm not going to snap my lunch with a film camera.

  • @urbanstrencan
    @urbanstrencan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great story keep us bringing us content like this 🤟😁❤❤

  • @tanimking825
    @tanimking825 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Arthur Morgan Camera that you take photo in the game is inspiration from kodak snapshot camera and model looks identically same but with slight adjustment 0:04

  • @ZeacorZeppelin
    @ZeacorZeppelin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kodak makes some of the best film I have ever worked with. As far as I know they still make film.

    • @bluekai9577
      @bluekai9577 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They do! I still shoot film every once in a while when. When I feel that it’s financially acceptable of course lol.

    • @lachlanchester8142
      @lachlanchester8142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bluekai9577is it ever financially acceptable? 🥲 I’ve only shot film for 4 years and ultramax and gold prices have gone up at least 50%

  • @GeraldGarcia
    @GeraldGarcia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been a hobbyist since the 80's but until today didn't know about the No.1, No. 2 and Brownie. Thanks Vox!

  • @Tripper111
    @Tripper111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Vox Rocks, and Dude with the Tats does too. 😮

  • @gaurav.anirbandutta
    @gaurav.anirbandutta 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Nice video! Vox is also dying like Kodak. It no longer has that great team which consistently delivered such high quality content over the last 10 years.

    • @gaurav.anirbandutta
      @gaurav.anirbandutta 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Vox please bring back Joss Fong, Ranjani Chakroborty, Estelle Caswell, Johnny Harris, Phil Edwards and all the other names that I'm unable to think from the top of my head

    • @jamesjacobsmeyer72
      @jamesjacobsmeyer72 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They ain’t got that cash anymore

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      geez, harsh.

  • @jj-if6it
    @jj-if6it หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still find it amazing even as someone born in the 80s

  • @boeingpameesha9550
    @boeingpameesha9550 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My sincere thanks for sharing it.

  • @caesar7734
    @caesar7734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:40 What was faux leather made of before plastic was invented?

    • @irisjoosten8669
      @irisjoosten8669 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Paper. Well, pulp that becomes paper. Think like paper money. It probably had cotton (aka linen) or flax fibers mixed in as well. To this day, there's a faux suede made of just cotton fabric that has been treated in a special way.

  • @happily_blue
    @happily_blue 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish we still have one hour photo places. Id take soooo many more film pictures if I didnt have to mail out my rolls

  • @drz30066
    @drz30066 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Kodak digital frame, 7-in. diameter, that has been running 24 hours a day for about 20-25 years (no motion sensor to turn it off). Still working. The website to load new photos onto the Wi-Fi-enabled frame hasn't been working for about 10 years(?). But it has a memory card slot and unlike some other brands I have tried, it just keeps chugging along. Same for my 15-year-old Nix digital frame, 18-in diagonal. It's bigger than a small TV screen was, when I was a kid! It has a motion sensor.

  • @hanve
    @hanve 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love it❤❤❤. Excellent content

  • @murphyc15
    @murphyc15 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of the biggest downsides to smartphones in my opinion, is that the fact everyone has a camera easily available has made photos not feel nearly as special or unique anymore

  • @UptownGirl_
    @UptownGirl_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    History repeating itself, years ago I got interested in film, and a lot of people too. But film prices were rising, people opt to buy old digital cameras. Idk but for me, the quality and long process of film and digital cameras exudes more emotions to my photos rather than my phone camera no matter how clearer and easier the pictures get taken 😅. Something about the whole process of film photography and not knowing the result, getting surprised of the moments you have seemed to forget you took them. Old digital cameras just have a better flash overall than phone cameras as well

  • @seanj3667
    @seanj3667 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still shoot Kodak Ektar and Ektarchrome films. A medium format negative is still far sharper than all but the most expensive $10k+ digital cameras.

  • @michaelkhoo5846
    @michaelkhoo5846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice history, thank you!

  • @stasinossofroniou7430
    @stasinossofroniou7430 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!!!!

  • @Rhartman22
    @Rhartman22 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Kodak No. 2 Brownie in my camera collection! It really is easy to use and can take some pretty decent pictures without many settings or even a lens.

  • @plxton
    @plxton 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's an irony here with the final segment. It's a little different here but shows how TH-cam isn't working as well as it did with content creators now heading back to the 'sign-up' and pay a fee subscription service similar to the early internet days. Just as reels of film went from being sent off, to immediately in-hand, and back again, we're seeing internet content/film makers do a similar thing. You could make the argument for cable television moving to streaming services, and essentially back again with these services acting as cable.

  • @jj-if6it
    @jj-if6it หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really just so cool

  • @MementoXXVII
    @MementoXXVII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Many Hollywood movies are still shot on Kodak film...

    • @mateuszorlinski7334
      @mateuszorlinski7334 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Becouse they are one of 5 manufacturers

  • @niewoczosny6461
    @niewoczosny6461 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live in Warsaw, Poland and we have a place that offers development of film and the digital scan of the frames in a really short period of time, even in an hour. Analog photography is really popular again in my opinion and it’s not that hard to find a place to develop film, even in small cities.

  • @TheStickCollector
    @TheStickCollector 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I thought I heard they could have also released a digital camera too, but didn't. They probably would have been a monopoly back then.

    • @thetroyzernator
      @thetroyzernator 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      An Engineer at Kodak developed the first portable digital camera in the 70s but management didn't want to pursue it because they thought a consumer product would cannibalise their film sales.
      They tried to build a digital camera brand in the early 2000s with EasyShare but it was way too late by then. Sony, Nikon, Canon and even Fuji had massive head starts.

    • @raze3297
      @raze3297 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Nah, it's mostly a myth that Kodak stuck their heads in the sand and refused to accept digital, but it keeps getting repeated so it's taken as fact. Kodak was actually one of first producers of consumer digital cameras with their DC/DCS line and by 2005 were the #1 seller of digital cameras. What really did them in was an influx of Chinese and Japanese competitors as well as camera phones killing the profitably of consumer-level cameras.

  • @mrfoxaaron
    @mrfoxaaron 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shout out George Eastman! The man changed the world! 🎉

  • @TheRyan1234Ryan
    @TheRyan1234Ryan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My name is Kodak but you know that already

  • @krispino4610
    @krispino4610 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got a 1970s Kodak passed down by my grandpa, hopefully can earn a lot from it.

  • @alexhaselden4623
    @alexhaselden4623 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have a No. 2 Brownie and use it all the time. The film is still made by Kodak and others.

  • @itsbiigboy
    @itsbiigboy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Alhazen, known as Ibn al-Haytham, was a pioneering Arab scientist and mathematician from the 10th century. He is most famous for his work in optics, particularly for explaining how vision works and for discovering the principle of the camera. Ibn al-Haytham invented the "camera obscura," a dark room or box with a small hole that allows light to pass through, projecting an inverted image on the opposite wall. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern cameras and significantly advanced the study of light and vision. His contributions have earned him recognition as one of the fathers of optics.

  • @bxdanny
    @bxdanny 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got a "Brownie Bullet Camera" when I was five or six years old. And yes, it took square pictures. I wondered about that "Bullet" in the name, though. Could it have been related to that previous meaning of "snapshot"?

  • @pixeljammer
    @pixeljammer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sir John Herschel is was the first to use the term "snapshot" in relation to photography in his 1860 article "Instantaneous Photography".

  • @ErictheHalf_bee
    @ErictheHalf_bee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    William Henry Jackson, who was the first to photograph Yellowstone in 1871 said in his memoir “The Pioneer Photographer” (1929) how much he would have loved to have had something as convenient (and as good) as a Brownie in place of his wagon of glass plates and mobile darkroom.

  • @LadyYoop
    @LadyYoop 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is beyond cool....look what they started!!~!

  • @scottteven3196
    @scottteven3196 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done 😮

  • @kdt110
    @kdt110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think one point this video misses is that now, unlike 20-100 years ago the average person buying a camera no longer buys a dedicated camera. They buy a smartphone.

  • @reddcube
    @reddcube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It makes sense that Kodak didn't embrace digital cameras. New tech that could disrupt your business is unappealing. The company got big selling camera film, and had all the momentum to avoid changing course. Kodak ultimate leading to a small company focused on a niche product, while the rest of photography sector pivots to digital.

  • @ajorsomething4935
    @ajorsomething4935 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People often say that kodak did nothing to adapt to digital photography, that isn't entirely true though, they did make a lot of digital cameras through the 2000s and honestly have some fairly good point and shoot cameras. The thing is, kodak didn't compete much in the professional and high end camera market. Also they did still sell media like SD cards, even if not nearly at the same scale as film. The advent of the smart phone camera however, really killed their cheap point and shoot cameras. They even made a lot of professional digital backs for film cameras of the 90s.

  • @ReclusiveEagle
    @ReclusiveEagle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kodak did not focus on Printing services. Just like Canon, Nikon, Zeiss, Leica etc. Kodak's main source of revenue is catering to the medical industry. Kodak has always dominated the roll film industry and now that Fuji Film seems to be exiting in favor of it's in-camera recipes, will be the only major producer of color film left. Kodak also makes far more revenue from Hollywood, who's studios are increasingly using film to shoot movies again, than selling products to the general public.

  • @pranit9668
    @pranit9668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    still waiting for the part where they tell "how kodak invented the snapshot"

  • @mark6139
    @mark6139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:11 - the original 'Shot on iPhone' campaign

  • @kenmeadows444
    @kenmeadows444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Snapshot - I had never associated the term with hunting but of course that's exactly what it is. A quick shot without aim st a moving target. 🤯

  • @lostsierraforrest5542
    @lostsierraforrest5542 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "...[A] Kodak #1 would set you back... the equivalent of more than $800 today." Slightly less than I paid for my Nikon P1000, and I get 125x Zoom and with my 64 GB SD card I have the capacity to store over 7,000 photos.

  • @samiadam1998
    @samiadam1998 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Last time I was this early I ended up with my son

    • @mahadanwar61
      @mahadanwar61 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Best comment ever!

  • @jacekartye5680
    @jacekartye5680 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Digging that Ernest Tubb print

  • @shadzscape
    @shadzscape 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    KODAK & NOKIA are the prime example of - *"If you don't adapt, you'll be left behind"* ... glad kodak making it come back with film & printers 🖨 👌😊

  • @paul_domici
    @paul_domici 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So interesting!!!

  • @michellewebster3611
    @michellewebster3611 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic

  • @jayladusterhoft737
    @jayladusterhoft737 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Grandma gave me her old Kodak Brownie ❣️

  • @BigDiamondGames
    @BigDiamondGames 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    *That Must Be Where The Saying, Kodaks Moment Comes From.* 📸

  • @U2haveanicedayty2
    @U2haveanicedayty2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked for a Company that has more History than most alive.The pictures on the Wall alone.😉💯✌️

  • @Cmoredebris
    @Cmoredebris 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The No .1 Kodak was preceded by the Eastman Detective camera in 1887 and the original Kodak camera introduced in January 1888.
    The No.2 came in October 1889, along with the No.1 Kodak, which was an improved newly shuttered version of the original Kodak. You could say that the No.1 is actually No.3. The fifty Detective cameras produced were not marketed.

  • @TrakaBat
    @TrakaBat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice nostalgic moment watching this clip. I still have my darkroom gear stored in the atic. Just can't seem to part with it.

  • @zollar98
    @zollar98 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember learning how to process film in High school in a darkroom. Seems like ages ago.

  • @crypto_que
    @crypto_que 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let's settle it, people weren't allowed to smile in photos until Kodak came along!

  • @foolishspecialist7479
    @foolishspecialist7479 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I actually first learned about this from the movie “One Hour Photo” starring Robin Williams

  • @joãoAlberto-k9x
    @joãoAlberto-k9x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    KODAK is the best always. 🎉.

  • @luciancastillo1337
    @luciancastillo1337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pro tip turn on manual focus and it will stay focused even if players get in between

  • @therogue1542
    @therogue1542 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kodak was so influential that in our local language, Bisaya, kodak is a verb that means take a photo

  • @zadidrochman4311
    @zadidrochman4311 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can anyone tell me what motion is used in this video?? I really need that, thank you

  • @RedStarRogue
    @RedStarRogue 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I guess we've come a bit full circle then with digital being like the snapshot camera of old?
    I still shoot film myself and am forced to drop it off at the nearest camera shop to be mailed out. Development labs aren't dead yet but there are much fewer now for sure.

  • @abdurrahmanmahmood6405
    @abdurrahmanmahmood6405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great 👍🏻

  • @Epicurus341
    @Epicurus341 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Today I learned that US English pronounces NICHE as "nich" and not "neesh" as it is in British English.
    Dictionary web sites confirm both are correct though "neesh" is closer to the original French verb "nicher" (to nest).

  • @97nelsn
    @97nelsn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A wise gentleman once said “Me not working hard? Yeah, right picture that with a Kodak. And better yet, go to Times Square, Take a picture of me with a Kodak”

  • @markdwighttadina7655
    @markdwighttadina7655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That create the KODAK MOMENT

  • @MattAndImprov
    @MattAndImprov 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wonder if the marketing idea with the Brownie was to show that it was so easy that a child could do it.

  • @derheadbanger9039
    @derheadbanger9039 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Isn't it a bit strange for Kodak to use paintings and illustrations in its early advertisements? 🤔

  • @michelhv
    @michelhv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nathan Lyons is also credited with the idea of “snapshot aesthetics” to define the particular style and characteristics of photography after Kodak.

  • @alopey_
    @alopey_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "You press the button, and WE'LL TAKE CARE of your data!" -Tech companies and smartphone manufacturers.

  • @MrHaydnSir
    @MrHaydnSir 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i’m feeling pretty advanced with my Voigtländer Brilliant 😏

  • @jeczsz
    @jeczsz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice one

  • @TulioG
    @TulioG 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Circular photos are very cool..
    And, no vintage pictures of a plate of food were found 😂😂😂

  • @paolociccone
    @paolociccone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice, short summary but characterizing film as being used only by hobbyists is simply incorrect. There are plenty of pros, from portraiture to fashion to landscape photography who use from today for is unmatched rendering of images and for the medium and large format options that simply don't exist in social. Not too mention directors like Tarantino, Spielberg, Nolan, Anderson, Scorsese, just to mention a few, who use exclusively film for their movies.

  • @xerorenegado15
    @xerorenegado15 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun fact: along with not moving with the times and beginning arrogant they fell behind in the tech world, one of Kodak's downfall in Rochester was racism and nepotism within the company 😄

  • @omartsallam
    @omartsallam 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:14 its called niche (Neesh) not nitch