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Like stated beforehand, the Polaroid Corp. was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land. To this day he is still thought of as the Steve Jobs of the 1900s. He created a private corporation that at first concentrated in eyewear and out of an amazing revelation they expanded into a new area known today as consumer electronics. He rein as CEO for 43 years developing it from small research and marketing firm into an outstanding corporation before he was coerced into releasing his seat in 1980 after the debacle of a product they released called "Polavision".
The company had a downfall after 1980 after a few months without a new appointed CEO and ended up paying $89million in damaged merchandise. The company had to fire thousands of workers and close many factories around the country. With all of these situations occurring the board finally decided on appointing a new CEO known as MacAllister Booth from 1980 to 1995. When MacAllister Booth resigned another CEO took over from 1995 to 2001 known as Gary DiCamillo. A few years later Gary DiCamillo stated that the biggest mistake that he and the past CEO did was to fall in love with the idea of having a photograph that can be felt and touched and also maintained for ever they were not able to see the change between hard copy to digital in time to develop a plan.
There’s a small blank as to who the CEO was between 2001 to 2009 because the corporation was bouncing back and forth between companies like Hilco Consumer Capital and Gordon Brothers Brands. Many of the employees where either fired or replaced by the other companies employees. However, finally in 2009 a new CEO was appointed by PLR IP Holdings, LLC after a joint holding was developed with the parent company. The CEO ...
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The history of Eastman Kodak begins George Eastman wanted to simplify photography, so that everyone can enjoy capturing special moments and just want to limit this craft to trained professionals. George Eastman started on this quest in 1878; he was one of the first to demonstrate the convenience of dry plates. With dry plates, photographers would be able to expose and develop pictures when they wanted or needed to which made it more convenient, dry plates then went into mass production the following year in 1879 (Kodak n.d.) From there George Eastman continued to find ways to get photography into the hand of the people. After his demonstration of dry plates he then went on to invent the first roll holder for negative film and in1885 he invented the first transparent photographic film known as “roll film” that we know today. After this invention in 1888 Eastman Company changed its name to Kodak and produced a camera that can be used by everyone but it wasn’t until 1900 when he introduced the first of the famous Brownie Camera’s that made it financially affordable for virtually everyo...
Kodak and Fujifilm are two of the most historically recognizable and iconic names in the world of photography. Kodak was formed in the early 1880’s by George Eastman in Rochester, New York, under the name Eastman Dry Plate Company. Eastman had spent the previous few years of his life trying to improve on the way images were transmitted once taken on a camera. When Eastman first became interested in photography, the images that were taken on a camera were done so by using wet film plates. He spent the next couple years trying to develop film on dry plates, obtaining a few patents along the way, but it wasn’t until 1883 that he made a huge discovery. That year, Eastman developed film on rolls, instead of plates, and by 1885, he had developed the first transparent photographic film. The now famous Kodak name first became registered in 1888, and over the next few years Eastman continued developing new types of film, adding transparent movie film, and daylight loading film by 1892, when the company officially became Eastman Kodak Company. By the turn of the century, Kodak was becoming increasingly popular through their sales of portable cameras, mostly through the sales of their Brownie camera, and their ability to continually develop new types of film. When Eastman died in 1932, Kodak was arguably the most recognizable names in the photography and film industry. Kodak was initially able to build off the success that it achieved under Eastman, developing the 8 mm film and 16 mm film, giving the average consumer the ability to record home videos. In 1958, Kodak released the first automatic, color projector, the Kodak Cavalcade, and followed that with the more popular Carousel line of projectors.
Cameras go way back to the year 1879, and have advanced greatly throughout the years. They used to be huge and bulky with all kinds of attachments and stands. Now they are so small and thin that they are put in everyday items that we use, for instance, cell phones and laptops. Backs then cameras were less than $40 and they were made with glass that was 6.5 by 8.5 inches thick (Patti). Now in this time of age, cameras can go from a few hundred bucks to thousands of dollars depending on the camera, and they are much smaller with clearer pictures now. In 1912 Kodak came out with the Vest Pocket camera, which sold for only six dollars. It had a glass lens of 2 1/4 by 3 1/4 inches thick, which is much
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