In an entertaining holiday-themed video that’s part educational and part “bah humbug,” YouTuber Azriel Knight explains how Kodak managed to ruin Christmas for two decades of photographers.
It’s a fascinating story of schmaltzy ads, dead film formats, and a huge patent lawsuit that cost them almost $1 billion. Knight decided to put this together after […]. petapixel.com
The fine folks at PeriscopeFilm have gotten their hands on an old educational film created by Eastman Kodak in the 1950s. While the copy of the vintage movie is incomplete, it shows part of a documentary about how the company makes film for cameras. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-01-10 23:54
The Wall Street Journal recently released a mini-doc that tells the entire story of Kodak—a story of a once-dominant company that made its name in film, and is now seeking to reinvent itself as a drug company after struggling to adapt to a future they, in fact, helped to bring about. This short 8-minute “documentary” […] petapixel.com »
2020-09-24 18:21
I recently did a comparison between old and new Kodak Ektachrome E100 film. But first an amusing story about how these two rolls met. Long story short: I left my job at a film lab to reconnect with someone I have loved for many years and haven’t seen for the last two. Just as I […] petapixel.com »
2018-12-11 18:40
The folks over at Negative Feedback recently paid a visit to one of the hallowed grounds of film photography: Kodak’s sprawling headquarters and film factory in Rochester, New York. In the 12. petapixel.com »
2018-04-09 22:19
So, you got your hands on some Kodak Vision 3 Film and want to try it out for still photography. But, first things first -- where or how do you get it developed? To the rescue comes the Michael Raso of the Film Photography Podcast with some developing tips for what he considers one of the most spectacular color film on the planet. thephoblographer.com »
2017-12-07 20:00