On 20/05/2021 10:33 pm, nospam wrote:
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RichA wrote:

They believed just prior to that that cameras would be hybrids, film as the
main imager with digital as a kind of preview or back-up. All in one camera.
Never came to pass that I know of.

the company is run by morons.

kodak knew digital would replace film. they just were too stupid to
realize how fast it would happen.

after going bankrupt, they learned absolutely *nothing* and just a few
years ago launched the most absurd product anyone could possibly have
designed, a digital super-8 movie camera that sells for $2500, in an
age where people carry a 4k video camera in their pocket that cost a
fraction of that (and can do much more).

https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/super-8-camera

it uses super-8 film which people have to then send out for processing,
totaling about $100 per roll, after which they get a link to about 2
minutes of video.

meanwhile, everyone else is shooting unlimited 4k and 8k video without
any hassles or any additional cost. those who want the 'super-8' look
can add it via a filter, although most people prefer the *much* higher
quality than super-8 could ever possibly do.

it would have been a fantastic april fool's joke (it really is quite
funny), but they actually want to sell this thing, they're that stupid.


Surely that was intended as a joke (?).

geoff