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Rise and Fall of the Kodak Disk Camera In the Eighties, my family got a camera to replace a camera from the Sixties we had inherited. Out new camera was a Kodak 110 and I was smitten. Despite my poor skill, due to being young, I volunteered to be the family photographer as often as possible. Unsurprisingly photos from this part of my family’s history are fairly terrible. PUBLISHED BY  Retroist Kodak introduced the 110 film cartridge in 1972 to compliment their line of Pocket Instamatic cameras. These new pocket-sized cameras were a huge hit. Quickly supplanting other small format cameras that had come before it. It triggered a boom in small format cameras that would push cameras toward picket sized convenience that would have shocked consumers just a decade earlier. To embrace my enthusiasm for photography and more likely to stop me from taking all the photos, I was gifted a camera for Christmas by my Grandmother. It was another 110 camera, this one had a built-in flash. ...

Definition of MP4 and MPEG-4 We have many clients who wish to understand the difference between MP4 and MPEG-4.  To put it simply;  MPEG-4 stands for “Moving Pictures Expert Group 4,” a standard for audio and video coding compression. The method  reduces the size of an audio or a video file while retaining its fidelity or quality .  This large format is great for editing videos or viewing on a larger screen.  MP4s are a universal file format compatible with most streaming platforms and their compressed nature makes them smaller and easier to handle . To share videos, it's often necessary to convert from an MOV to an MP4. To figure out the difference between MP4 and MPEG-4, we have to understand two basic terms first: video codec and media container. It can be shown with the following formula: Media Container = video format (video codec) + audio format (audio codec) + subtitle + chapter-information + meta-data Then, we will go through the definition of MP4 and MP...

The Preservation of Glass Plate Negatives Collodion glass negatives can develop networks of cracks along the edges of the plate, which may lead to image loss. Glass plate negatives may also exhibit signs of glass deterioration, including  a whitish surface haze and/or an efflorescence of viscous droplets . Glass plate negatives are one of the most beautiful photographic film formats.  Holding such stunning images and historical relevance from family archives to corporate and historical collections.  Our company specialise in the digitisation of this special media.  With age though comes deterioration issues, one that is very important to recognise and understand.  It is important to have photographic film digitised before further damage is caused. See above image of the complete collodion element falling off the negative glass plate. Given glass plate negative history is so rich in detail, I have prepared a fascinating blog from  by Greta Bahnemann  ht...