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It’s not selective memory. Formats such as 101, 102, etc. we’re discontinued long before I was born. On the other hand, my grandparents had a Kodak instant ca

It’s not selective memory. Formats such as 101, 102, etc. we’re discontinued long before I was born. On the other hand, my grandparents had a Kodak instant camera instead of a Polaroid, I am in some of those pictures, and it was a proprietary format. Technicolor is another Kodak only film format, and Kodak was in the business of leasing the cameras to movie studios. Not that I have hate for Kodak or love for Sony or vice versa. I don’t have many strong emotions around brands. Ring, Nest, Alexa, Siri, Windows, NEF, CR3 etc etc the world is full of proprietary systems. Even John Deere combines. BTW, the Kodak business model for APS was selling new equipment to photo labs. Existing machines could not process it in a way that did what consumers were told APS would do.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
> It’s not selective memory. Formats such as 101, 102, etc. we’re discontinued long before I was born. > On the other hand, my grandparents had a Kodak instant camera instead of a Polaroid, I am in some of those pictures, and it was a proprietary format. I think I must be a lot older than you. I used 110 and 124 for years. I can tell you firsthand these were not proprietary. Regarding Kodak instant, I never even heard of it until you wrote about it. Anyone who wanted instant photos bought Polaroid. I do not know if their cartridges were proprietary since I never owned one (the photo quality was not very good compared to traditional film). Anyway, I’m glad to learn Kodak had one proprietary format. I just do not think that makes a pattern. Sony dominated this field — make the media proprietary (by patent i assume), but let anyone create devices that use the format. Make the money on selling the media. They did this countless times; I’ve often thought about compiling a list - there are several failed media formats that never became popular. I thought Sony was behind HD-DVD (the blu-ray alternative), but it looks like that was Toshiba primarily (with Sony also backing it).
- brudgers 4y ago
  Until this sentence I have not mentioned 110 film. Kodak made 101 format from 1895 to 1956. 124 until 1962. Speaking of Polaroid, very much proprietary.

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

> It’s not selective memory. Formats such as 101, 102, etc. we’re discontinued long before I was born. > On the other hand, my grandparents had a Kodak instant camera instead of a Polaroid, I am in some of those pictures, and it was a proprietary format. I think I must be a lot older than you. I used 110 and 124 for years. I can tell you firsthand these were not proprietary. Regarding Kodak instant, I never even heard of it until you wrote about it. Anyone who wanted instant photos bought Polaroid. I do not know if their cartridges were proprietary since I never owned one (the photo quality was not very good compared to traditional film). Anyway, I’m glad to learn Kodak had one proprietary format. I just do not think that makes a pattern. Sony dominated this field — make the media proprietary (by patent i assume), but let anyone create devices that use the format. Make the money on selling the media. They did this countless times; I’ve often thought about compiling a list - there are several failed media formats that never became popular. I thought Sony was behind HD-DVD (the blu-ray alternative), but it looks like that was Toshiba primarily (with Sony also backing it).

brudgers 4y ago
Until this sentence I have not mentioned 110 film. Kodak made 101 format from 1895 to 1956. 124 until 1962. Speaking of Polaroid, very much proprietary.