Below is a photo of our twins taken with a digital camera from the very early 2000s. The quality obviously sucks (kind of like the quality of blockchain-based products or 3D printed guns today), but it had been improving exponentially for years.
Given their consistent improvements, it should have been obvious to everyone that digital cameras would eventually usurp film ones (just like that digital music would usurp analog, that digital books would usurp hardbacks and paperbacks, etc.), but...it wasn’t. In fact, Eastman Kodak was extremely confident that digital cameras would never be quality or cost competitive with film ones.
Yet, just a few years later Eastman Kodak went into the red. Between 2004 and 2011, the company managed to make a small profit in only one year. In January 2012, it filed for bankruptcy.
The message here is deep and very strong. We must always be proactive and ready to engage the possibilities of a futuristic change. If we don't constantly improve our bids we may run out of popularity and possibilities.
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Well I don't think it's that bad, the quality of this pic is better than my previous camera of android. The twins look fabulous. Well Kodak has been struggling to evolve in today's digital world. The shift from film upended the company's business model, causing sales to shrink almost in half from 2005 to 2010 and profits to dry up completely.
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I agree we shouldn't be like Eastman Kodak, we should accept the change and adopt fast.
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One of my childhood pics, I think this too has been shot by Kodak, because it was the only professional camera avaliable then.
Well technology changes and advances so does the camera and camera quality, kodak has struggled alot in its journey, An easy explanation is myopia. Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. But that doesn’t square with reality. After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. The camera was as big as a toaster, took 20 seconds to take an image, had low quality, and required complicated connections to a television to view, but it clearly had massive disruptive potential....
here is a pic of mine in early 2000 with kodak camera...
I went to school at RIT near where Kodak was headquartered. This was back in the late 90's. Their sponsored namesakes were all over the campus and city of Rochester, so we were all acutely aware of this entity (along with Xerox). Their business model was already obsolete even before the digital camera came along, simply because of competitors in the film space like Fuji blowing them out of the water. Kodak had what I like to call big-company syndrome, like all successful corporations seem to get.
Now that I've noticed this pattern in business over the years, I'm convinced that it's almost inevitable. The story goes something like: small company hustles and innovates, small company achieves wild financial success, small company becomes big company, big company becomes sluggish, myopic and entrenched in political turmoil, big company dies (or at least their business model is challenged and they have a big shakeup in management along with restructuring, etc).
All of the big tech companies like Alphabet, Apple, Twitter, Facebook and others are in the process of doing this now IMO. It won't be long before we start hearing stories about layoffs and quarterly losses from those names.
This is a good reference of what you were talking about on your previous article about how tech would improve exponentially. Change is constant, and also technology, in a positive way.
Our mindset should go along with the present innovation, we should not get stuck in our comfort zone, we must think out of the box, and we should not be afraid of change and the future.
When we accept change and adapt to it, we will have a much better outlook of the future.
the innovator's dilemma - a classic business case! if you don't disrupt yourself, somebody else will.
As post cripto money will usurp money, Blockchain-based platforms (Steemit) will usurp Facebook, Twitter :) Nice perspective...
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Everything has a beginning and an end and this is the cycle of the technology product in constant evolution
Actually a short and nice story about the firm's adaptation of the technology and their fates So Kodak didn't believe in technology and it vanished with its 35mm film cameras...
Thank you for sharing and have a nice day my friend...
It is ironic that the first digital camera was produced by Kodak in 1975, and that it is not possible for itself to adapt itself.I can not fit the new era, I grow up for the kill. I still have an analog kodak machine in my house. and I'm still using it in some situations
Nice photography ::cool lads ::
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Yes, we must change with time. The old rules sucks so does the technology. Nokia once was a leading mobile brand they also didn't change their attitude, though they had some technical issues with contracts but whatever be the reason we must be dynamic with respect to time.
Ohh!!! How bad the quality of picture is, the kids are adorable, not only the natural features but the clothing and truck driving behavior is also exact.
How many differences is there in pic between the two twins?
I guess they were not prepared for the change.. Cute kids
a very interesting life journey with his twin sisters. the moment I see this picture I remember my twin brother's brother where they also have a beautiful story
Good post,the amazing your post,so beautiful photo,good job my brother,@sean-king
In short - adopt or get left behind, right? Agree, in this fast changing you have to be flexible and open- minded or you risk being left behind.
your twin photography is very good friend, I really like his friend
It's interesting that Kodak have/will supposedly re-release Ektachrome, and I think they released a monochrome 35mm 4 or 5 years ago.
they are very sweet .)
and this photo is so beautiful almost like reflection
Although I do like the clarity of Digital cameras. Analog still holds a special place in my heart because it was how I started off and It felt exciting, the anticipation of waiting for the pictures to be processed. Now we click as many as we want and that instant gratification of seeing the image somehow lessens the appreciation.
Digital is a great tool but like the old saying goes 'The best camera is the one you have with you'
Do not be afraid to change and adapt to it but still absorb the positive values of the old, then each of us can look forward to a good future. Thanks for sharing!
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I wish the technology did not improve so much. The photos were of not good quality, but the album was made. while we were young, we could wait impatiently to print the photos. I miss those days very much. :(
Recently they tried to rise from the dead again by creating a crypto coin... But I feel like they are and will forever be a fossil. (Which we have to thank for all they've given us!)
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I guess just like your twins have been growing, also the quality of technology has been growing and improving in that period. Nice photo, though!
as far as I am concerned, always be prepare for change! i love the deep meaning of your story!
What a cute guys! Are they twins?