Brownie

When you say photography, what name comes to mind? Kodak. Since the late 1800's Kodak has been the name for taking pictures. They even invented digital cameras in 1975. But, now they are going broke.

I was never a shutter bug, but out of necessity I must have shot about a million rolls of Kodak film. Some of the pictures actually turned out pretty good. That’s because I learned once I got the film into the dark room, I could make then look better. For you young whipper snappers, a dark room was the photo shop of the old days. There were lots of tricks you could do if you knew how.

I even had a Hawkeye Brownie with the flash attachment. Believe it or not, it was actually fun waiting to get the film back from the drug store. Another era gone by.

Kodak failed to adapt to a changing market when they had it all in their hands. Now, unless they can turn some patents into cash, it’s all over. Sad. Just plain sad.

Everybody line up and say cheese.

I never did remember to wait for the flash bulb to cool before I tried to remove it. That’s why I don’t have fingerprints.

PMO
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