06-17-2020, 07:05 AM
There is this odd myth going around that Kodak somehow did not adapt (not jump on the digital photography bandwagon). This, indeed, is a myth.
Kodak developed what can be argued is the 1st digital camera together with Chinon and Apple which reached the market in 1994: the Apple Quicktake 100.
Kodak went on to develop DSLRs based on Canon and Nikon SLRs long before Nikon came with the Nikon D1 and Canon came with the D30.
Kodak also was pretty early with their first full frame DSLR, and also tried long and hard with a varied compact digital camera line.
In the end, they were just too expensive (DSLRs), too HP-ish in their product ideas (compact digital cameras) to compete against the Japanese camera makers and simply lost in marketshare.
That of course also can be viewed as not being able to adapt as well as the Japanese companies, but they sure did adapt and transition from film to digital earlier than (most) other photo equipment companies.
Kodak developed what can be argued is the 1st digital camera together with Chinon and Apple which reached the market in 1994: the Apple Quicktake 100.
Kodak went on to develop DSLRs based on Canon and Nikon SLRs long before Nikon came with the Nikon D1 and Canon came with the D30.
Kodak also was pretty early with their first full frame DSLR, and also tried long and hard with a varied compact digital camera line.
In the end, they were just too expensive (DSLRs), too HP-ish in their product ideas (compact digital cameras) to compete against the Japanese camera makers and simply lost in marketshare.
That of course also can be viewed as not being able to adapt as well as the Japanese companies, but they sure did adapt and transition from film to digital earlier than (most) other photo equipment companies.