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Deep13

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14. Yeah, I guess so...

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 05:17 PM

Dec 2012

...I suppose camera phones replace the Instamatics and other very simple cameras. I guess I still don't think of telephones and small computers as cameras, but they are and they bury most of those old simple film cameras in quality. I find it funny that camera phone applications like Instagram can make sharp, clear digital photos look like crappy Polaroids from the 1980s.

Still, as good as many phone cameras are, a decent camera-only is a significant jump over the phones in quality and versatility. And really good amateur stuff like my Nikon D80 or even the Fuji X10 I took to the Middle East with me are just phenomenal. Still, I have not seen a digital B&W image that is as good as film.

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Kodak || I know it is popular to hate on corporations. I do it sometimes, too. But . . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2012 OP

kopdak invented digital imaging...it is their own fault they didn't develop it. ret5hd Dec 2012 #1

Not true GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #7

OK: "The World�s First Digital Camera by Kodak and Steve Sasson" ret5hd Dec 2012 #9

The icons such as Kodak are all falling liberal N proud Dec 2012 #2

And then there's lining up against the Beatles, Polaroid suit on instant cameras orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #3

I'm Sad to See Kodak's Demise dballance Dec 2012 #4

less market diversity now. Deep13 Dec 2012 #5

Actually there is more diversity, since smartphones and pad computers mostly have digital cameras FarCenter Dec 2012 #10

Yeah, I guess so... Deep13 Dec 2012 #14

Andyet the first digital camera I ever bought was a Kodak, so how did they miss that market? 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #6

They were in denial... Film was their gawd RobertEarl Dec 2012 #8

Film cameras were a largely Japanese business by the time digital cameras came out FarCenter Dec 2012 #11

I'd say it depends on ones definition of greatness. What our corporations have been doing across jwirr Dec 2012 #12

Everyone Keeps asking why a film manufacturer could not conquer the camera market. CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #13

Banks used to microfilm every check they handled, probably 70 billion per year at peak FarCenter Dec 2012 #15