Cameras

Photographers Pour Emulsion Out On The Curb As Kodak Prepares To File For Bankruptcy

Once the darling of the photography world, long-time film maker Kodak is close to filing for bankruptcy, according to the Wall Street Journal.


December 6, 2011
Cameras

Kodak Is Sadly A Walking Corpse Of A Company

Oh, Kodak, once the acme of all things camera, now a stark lesson in Darwinism in technology. You adapt and evolve, or you die. It was revealed today that Kodak is shedding more than $US70 million a month. Let’s hold hands.


October 2, 2011
Cameras

Kodak’s New Outdoor Camera Can Hold Its Breath For Two Hours

Sure, Kodak is quickly becoming a penny stock. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still produce a solid and rugged outdoor camcorder like the Playfull Waterproof.


October 1, 2011
Cameras

Before The Cheap Digital Camera, There Was The Kodak Funsaver

Despite teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, Kodak will forever be legend. Slides! Kodachrome! Advantix! In the 2000s, they morphed into a maker of easy-to-use digital cameras and pocket camcorders. But looking back, there’s one product more indelible than the others: the Funsaver.


News

Kodak Is On The Verge Of Being Worth Zero Dollars

Have you taken a look at Kodak’s stock today? We’ve known the company’s in dire financial shape, but this looks like the beginning of the crew abandoning ship.


September 27, 2011
News

Kodak Is Worth Less Than Tumblr

Here’s today’s depressing tweet, courtesy of the WSJ’s Dennis Berman: Kodak, which historically pioneered personal photography and employs almost 20,000 people, closed at an all time low, and “is now worth $US468m, or $US330m less than 50-person, profitless Tumblr.”


August 18, 2011
News

Kodak Embraces Patent Craze By Selling Its Patent Portfolio

You know Kodak is in bad shape when its patent portfolio is worth five times more than the company itself. It gets even worse when analysts start picking the company apart like a hawk devouring its prey.


May 4, 2011
Cameras

Kodak Hoping To Fill The Flip Void With New Cameras

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With Cisco killing off the market-leading Flip consumer video camera, there’s a bit of an opportunity for another player to step up and take the reins. Kodak is hoping to do just that with its new PLAYFULL and PLAYSPORT models.


May 3, 2011
Cameras

Film Exposed To Booze Shows Bleary-Eyed Effects

I was only joking last week when I said I wanted to develop some film in vodka after seeing photos developed in lake water, but photographer Casey Holford beat me to the punch, by soaking his Kodak Ultramax roll of film into some rubbing alcohol for around 10 minutes before shooting on it.


May 2, 2011
Entertainment

Kodachrome Movie Still Going Ahead, But At 20th Century Fox

DreamWorks was the studio first interested in the script about the dead Kodachrome film, but as it turns out, the director of the movie has a contract with Fox that means they must get a first look at any scripts he takes on.