Er - 'twas I. I'm sure (cerebral decay nothwithstanding) that during the
early days of Eastman (1880's?) before the do it yourself idea when you
bought a loaded camera and sent it back to Rochester for processing and
reloading, there was an attempt to create a more compact unit by making one
with a circular glass plate. This plate revolved with each exposure and a
number of circular images were made on it, like a disc camera. You posted
the camera back and they unloaded, processed, printed and posted you your
prints with the reloaded camera. This preceded the era of reliable film -
the first consumer emulsions were on paper that had to be soaked so that
the emulsion could be transferred to glass for printing!
AndrewF
>I forget who was making the point, but they did not say there were
>Kodak disk cameras a century ago. That was sometime in the middle of
>the last century. Earlier, before film merchandising was separated
>from the camera, Kodak sold sealed cameras which were returned to
>Kodak for processing when the film had been exposed.
>
>Winsor
>
>>I saw one excellent (outside) wedding shot from a disposable camera. Sharp,
>>well exposed, absolutely amazing!
>>
>>BTW, I don't think Kodak made any disk cameras a century ago, but there
>>were disk spy cameras.
>>
>>tOM
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