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Amazing, a whole article about a camera without a single photo from that camera
by contrarian1234 10mo ago
Amazing, a whole article about a camera without a single photo from that camera
- Sharlin 10mo agoI wonder if any exist on the internet and if the camera is still functional. Edit: it's very likely that no photos exist because the tapes were being reused and there are many reasons why the camera has been nonfunctional for a long time now.
- ginko 10mo agoYeah, the camera probably hasn't been in functioning condition for decades and people at Kodak likely didn't see much historical value in archiving those tapes.
- pnut 10mo agoI don't doubt this description of what happened, but the sad irony in a company whose product was producing tools to generate archival copies of images, not recognising the value of retaining archival copies of images... facepalm.
- syncsynchalt 10mo agoHere's an example image: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digital-Camera-Playback-system.jpeg https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digit... Captured on Kodak film, I suspect.
- Sharlin 10mo agoI wonder if that's actually original capture or just an emulation for the purposes of the exhibit.
- syncsynchalt 10mo agoThe PetaPixel article has a sample, though the original photo from this article is lost. https://petapixel.com/how-steve-sasson-invented-the-digital-camera/ https://petapixel.com/how-steve-sasson-invented-the-digital-... https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digital-Camera-Playback-system.jpeg https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2022/09/Prorotype-Digit...