Kodak Company
Kodak is synonymous with photography. From the “Brownie” to perhaps the widest range of cameras ever produced, Kodak has made photography available to everyone. Kodak became the “Ford” of photography, with affordable cameras that were simple to operate, well made in America, affordable and used a film that gave high quality results. Our country owes a debt to Kodak for enabling us to preserve our history at grass roots level. Prints made by Kodak cameras on Kodak film fill museums and archives and give us a window at our past.
George Eastman beginning in 1879 produced variations on dry plate negatives that led to the first transparent film in 1885. This was the real beginning of photography that everyone could do. Kodak’s films have endured through the centuries. Kodak introduced innovative cameras and quality color films that enabled photographers to create memorable art and the average person to create memories.
Kodak has pioneered many innovations to photography that put a camera of some type in everyone’s hand. The “Brownie” box camera was simple to work, “you push the button, we do the rest”. That was literally the truth. No more loading glass plate negatives like Matthew Brady, even with Kodak’s innovative dry plate process it still took considerable time, and skill to make pictures. Kodak invested in developing the technology that led to multiple improvements in the film and equipment that made it a corporate giant and a friendly one as well. This company features cartridge loading instamatic cameras, one-use cameras, simple to use movie cameras, projectors, films and special photo printers that give amazing colors and sharpness.
In the 1990′s Kodak marketed its first digital cameras which featured typical ease of operation and multiple features. The digital camera spelled the end of film production which ended in 2009. More information is available on George Eastman and Kodak at Wikipedia, the number one information source on just about all there is.