Amazing find: Kodak promotional film, in Dutch. Every frame’s a winner.
Of course it’s black and white film they’re making. See those bars of pure silver being loaded into the kiln? And the cows? That’s the gelatin part. Silver gelatin film.
Click through any of the above to watch the whole thing.
Great find! It’s interesting that there is so much documentation of these nearly-archeaic processes… I wonder how the convertion from analogue to digital will be reflected?
By the look of all that, Kodak really should have gone bust decades ago under the weight of multiple industrial injury compensation awards. All I’m seeing is lost limbs (and skinned coos). ;)
Thinking on your point tho, there is going to be a big aftermarket in early digicams, as long as they are card-enabled. Unless you can work out how to fire up a machine that can read data via a serial cable? Such recent history, gone.
I have seen a few articles on various sites about using early DSLR’s… which is not as much of a pain in the arse as you might think. Legacy interfaces and software will live on in areas that don’t need the same technological innovation and churn as photography. For instance, I got a text message from a friend of mine the other day, searching for a small compact flash card (under 256mb) for use on a boat navigation system.
I think I have one, maybe 100mb. Or 50mb. I’ll look when I get home.
Card readers made sense, suddenly, in a world where cables didn’t connect and drivers were all different. I am very interested in early digital anythings. I have a game of pool from approx 1985 and an early Mario Bros. I think you would like them.
Oh, I don’t need one – I think they sorted it out via some sort of maritime company… and, by the way, the blog with the rambling on early DLSR’s is http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com/
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Great find! It’s interesting that there is so much documentation of these nearly-archeaic processes… I wonder how the convertion from analogue to digital will be reflected?
By the look of all that, Kodak really should have gone bust decades ago under the weight of multiple industrial injury compensation awards. All I’m seeing is lost limbs (and skinned coos). ;)
Thinking on your point tho, there is going to be a big aftermarket in early digicams, as long as they are card-enabled. Unless you can work out how to fire up a machine that can read data via a serial cable? Such recent history, gone.
I have seen a few articles on various sites about using early DSLR’s… which is not as much of a pain in the arse as you might think. Legacy interfaces and software will live on in areas that don’t need the same technological innovation and churn as photography. For instance, I got a text message from a friend of mine the other day, searching for a small compact flash card (under 256mb) for use on a boat navigation system.
I think I have one, maybe 100mb. Or 50mb. I’ll look when I get home.
Card readers made sense, suddenly, in a world where cables didn’t connect and drivers were all different. I am very interested in early digital anythings. I have a game of pool from approx 1985 and an early Mario Bros. I think you would like them.
Oh, I don’t need one – I think they sorted it out via some sort of maritime company… and, by the way, the blog with the rambling on early DLSR’s is http://women-and-dreams.blogspot.com/
Thanks for that. Do you know her?
That’s not a her! The guy who writes that blog also runs an email list called (void), which is sometimes amazingly funny.
Crikey. Sub me up. :)