[rollei_list] Re: OT:Walter Voss Diax cameras
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:09:08 -0500
At 06:22 PM 10/23/2009, Richard wrote, in part:
It has always bothered me that Kodak did not make cameras of
equal quality to their lenses. I think they had the means to do it
but for some reason did not. They did make very good view and
studio cameras and a good motion picture camera but their still
cameras mostly left something to be desired. I do not include the
Retina series in this, they were quite good cameras, but it was
not a product of Kodak in Rochester.
This may be a repeat of things I have posted in the past but I used
to have some contracts with Kodak when I worked for Cubic in San
Diego. Mostly things like high speed microfiche printers, fiche
handling systems, an the sort. I got to be friends with some of the
folks there and we exchanged monthly visits for the projects. A
couple of things stand out:
I used to bring Pringles chips home before they were introduced to
California, or they would bring them when they came.
I remember seeing the first version of their 110 camera assembly
line. It was oval and not more than 20' long and 10' across, sort of
like a model train layout. It was clear that the 110 camera was an
attempt to sell less silver for the same price. I don't remember
exactly how it died, I suppose just poor photo quality.
Finally, their winter golf tournament in the snow, using red golf balls.
I did get a couple of chances to walk through "Eastman House", would
like that chance again some time.
One more recollection, probably common to the East Coast folks on
this list, they had very nice houses and generally had a drain system
in the garage to allow them to wash their cars in the winter.
Now that's really off topic so I will stop before getting rapped on
the keyboard again.
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