Disposable Digital Camera - DPChallenge Forums

05/10/2003 12:21:48 PM · #8

Way back before i even knew about digital, I had a waterproof 35 mm point and shoot and was going to Honduras. I knew we would be going to the beach one day, and though my camera was waterproof, I didn't exactly want to take it out. So, on a whim, I bought a disposable underwater camera. I got some awesome shots that day swimming around with the fishies. Of course there was a lot of light, and I didn't know squat about photography, but it was fun. We also placed disposables on the tables at my wedding reception (6 years ago today!) and let the guests take pictures. That turned out interesting.

Of course, in true karmat fashion, I don't have a clue where any of them are right now, so I can't show you! :-(

05/10/2003 12:44:15 PM · #9

this move is Kodak trying to remain relevant and commercially successful in the face of stiff competition from inexpensive consumer digicam offerings from Canon, Fuji, Olympus, etc.

Everyone know Kodak isn't doing as well as some of these other companies, and someone there had this brilliant idea, as a means of trying to get some of that entry level market: the kind of person who wants a digicam but cant afford one, or now thinks they dont have to.

paganini

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

05/10/2003 01:03:08 PM · #10

Kodak is screwed and has been for some time :) Fujifilm is doing much better. (What you can say, from a company that came out with Velvia in 1990s??) Now if Fuji makes Canon lens compatible cameras, i'd be really impressed.

05/10/2003 11:57:49 PM · #11

I wonder if part of the reason they haven't is because Canon either won't license them a body (both existing FUJI DSLR's are based on Nikon bodies - with the 'digital' part of the camera being Fuji's technology) or they want to charge too much for it.

Anyone know?

paganini

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

05/11/2003 12:47:08 AM · #12

I think you're probably right about that. Canon licenses their lenses, but not the body parts :) Not sure if this is a wise strategy -- Nikon licenses their body parts out, similar to PCs, and Canon is more like the Apple model. Guess which one wins at the end?? But then again, Canon can afford to do this right now as they do have slight edge over Nikon on their CMOS sensors. Nikon relies on other manufacturers, Canon does not, they have their own internal semiconductor company whose only purpose is to make chips for their entire lines of digicams.

i think a WISE model is to come out with an interfacfe model for Canon and allow others to make the DIGITAL part that can be swappable (swappable sensors, but keeping the autofocus, etc. built in). Then sensors and its digital processing module will become the new "film" which should save workflow time. This would allow other manufacturers such as Foveon, etc. to build sensors for Canon/Nikon/Olympus/etc.

Originally posted by magnetic9999:

05/11/2003 12:01:32 PM · #13

what's interesting to note is that for awhile there was a joint Kodak-Canon digital camera, called by Kodak the DCS520 and by Canon the EOS-D2000 - this was a really tough as nails pro cam that used Canon EOS lenses. It sold for about $15,000 and was a whopping 2 megapixels!!!

More info about it here:

//www.nyquist-solutions.co.uk/products/imaging/camera/kodakpro/dcs520-2.htm

05/11/2003 12:04:23 PM · #14

Oh, also check out this link on it - this was when it first came out (early 1998) .. Funny how far we've come:

"Kodak's Latest and the Greatest - the DCS 520"

Message edited by author 2003-05-11 12:05:45.

paganini

Canon EOS-1D Mark II