TJJohn12
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A Kodak disk was my first camera as a kid! Ah, memories.Yup. Like I said, they even had Kodak Disc Cameras back in the day.
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Camera Center is Gone...
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Ha! Mine was a Kodak Instamatic X-15 that took 126 film. Thereafter I used my dad's classic Voigtländer SLR, but not before I checked out those Disc Cameras at EPCOT Center.
Figment82
Well-Known Member
The old camera kiosk by Toad/Pooh was a repurposed ticket booth, if I remember correctly.
While cleaning years ago, my mom found a few unused Disney-branded bags for dropping off film on property to be developed. She thinks they were from her trips in the 70s - great little piece of nostalgia.
While cleaning years ago, my mom found a few unused Disney-branded bags for dropping off film on property to be developed. She thinks they were from her trips in the 70s - great little piece of nostalgia.
matt9112
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Yup. Like I said, they even had Kodak Disc Cameras back in the day.
That looks so cool. As humanity races forward at breakneck speed i often ask myself. "What have we done?"
In principle, it was cool! A thin, flat cartridge with a thick, non-curled film base (which should mean a nice, flat negative). In practice however, it was pretty horrible. For one, you only had 15 shots... But worse, the negatives were sooooo tiny (8x10mm); the image quality was horrendous. Worse, few places made the investment to develop it properly (or at all). It more often than not had to be sent to Kodak for developing, meaning a turnaround of several days as opposed to 24hrs.
Communicora
Premium Member
If it's any comfort, the negatives were so tiny that picture quality was very poor. I had a 110 camera on my first trip to Walt Disney World - it was about the same quality as disc. Oh do I wish I had better quality photos from that first visit.
Ugh, another format that deserved its death (but hung around way too long). My mom loved her 110 camera... Absolutely horrible quality though.
I did mess around with APS-C when they first came out. Like the Disc and 110 cameras - it was positively tiny... Also crap.
Communicora
Premium Member
Ooh. I forgot about APS. That came out right around the time I stopped working at a photo lab and camera store.
bubbles1812
Well-Known Member
I’ll one up you and say I will miss you store I didn’t even know existed. Haha.
You definitely didn't miss anything, LOL. It had a lifespan even shorter than 110. One of the "benefits" is that the negatives stayed in the cartridge... Good luck storing those, and they were never flat. Worse, it was a crop of 35mm to begin with, but the fake "panorama" mode chopped it down even more. Like 110 and Disc, the quality was atrocious. That said, my lil' Canon APS-C camera was kinda cool in how small it was.
Go figure, here we are today and the point and shoot market is essentially non-existent, replaced by smartphones. Even the venerable DSLR is going the way of the dodo.
wiredforflight
Active Member
same here lol
There are disks I need to get photos off of, better look up how to do that lol
Arizona Al
New Member
I’m looking at a very early Magic Kingdom map - looks like a coloring book page already filled in. No date on it, the title is “A Guide to the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World” with a copyright of Walt Disney Productions. The map legend says #55 is the “Castle Camera Center”. There are items 52, 53, 56, etc. but, NO 55. Was there ever a Camera Center in the Castle?
mergatroid
Well-Known Member
R.I.P.
