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Kodak's early cameras functioned like disposable cameras. You took your pictures, then you sent or brought your camera to Kodak to be developed. They would refi
by frosted-flakes 4y ago
Kodak's early cameras functioned like disposable cameras. You took your pictures, then you sent or brought your camera to Kodak to be developed. They would refill the camera with new film and send it back to you.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoHm, when was that? Even the Kodak Brownie from 1900 used rolls of film: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Brownie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_Brownie
- frosted-flakes 4y agoYes, but the camera had to be opened in a darkroom and the film manually cut up and developed. I'm sure you could acquire your own film and do it yourself, but it wasn't exactly approachable. But I expect that it was primarily a technological limitation, and not meant to be a form of vendor lock-in. "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest" was Kodak's marketing slogan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Press_the_Button,_We_Do_the_Rest https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Press_the_Button,_We_Do_...
- brudgers 4y agoBack when George Eastman was in his prime and Kodak was a plucky startup.