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Kodak was always destined for disaster with the digital revolution.
From the very beginning it was "You snap the shutter, we do the rest". In
other words, they were a photofinishing company. They did it, and sold
supplies for others to do it. Film (i.e. camera film) was secondary. They
were never seriously in the camera business. True, they sold cameras, but
except for a peak in the 1930s they never sold many non-toy cameras.
Starting in the 60s they intentionally started making crappy tiny-frame cameras!
Some of the 30s cameras were excellent, but they never tried to sell them
in large numbers. Look around in any tourist site today ... you will see lots and
lots of expensive Nikon and Canon cameras. If there's a strange bird around
you will see lots of big white $3000-7000 lenses too! Today the money is in
cameras and the computers people look at the pictures on, at least mostly.
Hard copies are less common, and many are inkjet.
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