Friday, January 4, 2008

Smile! You're on an Antique Camera!


One hundred years ago, a camera like this might have made your picture. It's a studio camera made in 1908 by Eastman Kodak and is on display at the Old Depot Museum.

11 comments:

Marie said...

They were beautiful but they were certainly more difficult to handle and to operate (if that makes sense).

Troop 1309 said...

Great photo. I love old cameras. I am still amazed how they made those things work so well.

Annie said...

Ooh, a hundred years ago I was a baby.

Greg said...

Beautiful but a lot of work. If it came in digital then i might use one ;-)

Alexander said...

Wow! Where did you find this piece?

Alex
Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

Chuckeroon said...

RR.....a tiny thank-you left on today's.

Southern Heart said...

That is beautiful, isn't it? We're so lucky to have digital now...I wonder what they'll be using one hundred years from now?

Squirrel said...

when I was a kid I was completely fascinated with 3 mechanical items-- 1. Old Cameras 2. Old Typewriters 3. Old wind-up Victrolas--

no wonder I ended up blogging --a photo blog and a blog with a lot of music related posts. I had not thought of the connection until i saw this post.

Moon said...

I love this shot. Makes me feel so humble when I take a picture with my automitac everything camera.

smilnsigh said...

What a wonderful display piece. Do we appreciate our cameras of today, enough?????

Mari-Nanci

Fabrizio Zanelli said...

Eheh not exactly a "point and shot" camera but, definitely, without that one we couldn't manage today our compact :-)