On June 15, 2003 07:44 am, Keith Whaley wrote:
> Speaking of the right time to enter the market with a product, how about
> Kodak, and it's 27 exposure "one-time-use camera system [disposable]
> DIGITAL cameras?
> My Sunday paper came in a plastic wrapper/envelope, with the Kodak adv.
> on the outside.
> Order Premium prints and you'll get a CD with your images on it.
>
> All sorts of questions come to mind, but I'd sure like to know more of
> the details about the camera, even tho' it's considered a disposable...
>
> Come to think of it, they didn't call it a digital camera - they said
> you'd get back digital pictures, on a CD, when you ordered Kodak Premium
> prints. Does that mean all jpegs?
>
> So, perhaps I'm doing some assuming of facts not in evidence. How is
> this any different from recording your images on regular film, with a
> regular camera, and having it developed and printed by Kodak, and asking
> for prints plus a PhotoCD?
> Seems to be the same arrangement to me.
> Were the Kodak Photo CDs you used to get back when requested recorded
> with a proprietary format, but they're offering jpegs now? Don't know,
> but I'll bet someone here has the info...
>
> Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, but it's the first time
> I've seen Kodak include the word 'digital' in an ad for disposable
> cameras! <g>
>
Sounds like a disposable film camera.
Nick
