Kodak Digital Denial
How did Kodak lost the digital race it once invented?
4.7 (15)
36 mins
Explore the story of George Eastman and Kodak, from the invention of roll film to global dominance in photography. Discover how Kodak’s hesitation to embrace digital technology, despite inventing it, ultimately led to its decline and bankruptcy.
Ep 1:
The Vacation That Built an Empire
A canceled vacation sparks George Eastman's obsession with simplifying photography, birthing a razor-and-blade empire that would dominate the world's film and camera markets for a century.
Ep 2:
The Camera That Kodak Buried
After Eastman's death Kodak coasts on momentum while Fuji rises, digital photography emerges, and Kodak invents the very technology—the digital camera—that it then chooses to bury.
Discussions (10)
Tyrone
Level 7 · 7 mo agoThe 1981 Mavica was an analog camera not digital.
Cooper
Level 10 · 7 mo agoKodak inventing digital then hiding it is like Nvidia shelving the 5090 to sell more 1060s. They saw the benchmarks 30 years early and still chose to stay on a dead platform instead of upgrading.
Addison
Level 6 · 7 mo agoThe host is spot on about Advantix being the worst of both worlds! My family had one and it was annoying to still pay for film. We switched to digital as soon as we could. Total waste of money! 😂
