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The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (/ ˈ k oʊ d æ k /), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York , and is incorporated in New Jersey . [ 2 ]
George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream.
Eastman Chemical Company is an American company primarily involved in the chemical industry. Once a subsidiary of Kodak , [ 2 ] today it is an independent global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals and fibers for everyday purposes.
Eastman Business Park, formerly Kodak Park, is a large manufacturing and industrial complex in the city of Rochester, New York, in the United States.The complex is run by Eastman Kodak and is located 3 miles (5 km) north of downtown Rochester and 4 miles (6 km) south of Lake Ontario.
Eastman's first camera, the Detective, was created in 1886. Only 50 were made, and did not sell well. Soon after in 1888, Eastman created a superior model, the Eastman Kodak camera to replace his poorly selling Detective. The Kodak inspired the slogan "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest."
The Brownie was a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900. [1]It introduced the snapshot to the masses by addressing the cost factor which had meant that amateur photography remained beyond the means of many people; [2] the Pocket Kodak, for example, would cost most families in Britain nearly a whole month's wages.
Eastman Color Positive (ECP) is a photographic processing system created by Kodak in the 1950s for the development of monopack color positive print for direct projection motion picture film stock. It is part of the Eastmancolor family of products sold by Kodak.
Kodascope is a name created by Eastman Kodak Company for the projector it placed on the market in 1923 as part of the first 16mm motion picture equipment. The original Kodascope was part of an outfit that included the Cine-Kodak camera, tripod, Kodascope projector, projection screen, and film splicer, all of which sold together for $335. [1]