Kodakery is?

Kodakery is?

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projectbluebird

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A while ago, I recall reading an interesting snippet on the impact George Eastman had on photography. Shortly after the introduction of the brownie camera, the word Kodak came to be used for the act of taking photographs. To Kodak. (And presumably: Kodaking, Kodaked)

I propose an updated version for those who still use film(of any flavor):

"Kodakery"

This poll is a light-hearted attempt to decide the proper usage of this new-fangled word.

1) A noun.
2) A verb.
3) A refreshing summertime drink, usually red and yellow.
 
Somehow I doubt "Kodakery", as such, will ever cut it as an English-language verb.

However, the drink sounds interesting.

...Mike
 
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It depends on where you put the weight. It can be verb when pronounced with weight on 'y' and read as 'ie', or noun with weight on 'e'. In this case I hear true 'e'. Try it. My English is bad. Perhaps being a refreshing drink is better
 
It's a word with 2660 hits on Google, and a magazine title from the 1920s. But no Wikipedia entry yet. Go for it. :)
 
Kodakery has been around for a long time. It was the name of Kodak's magazine, and was also used as the basis for a letter code used to identify models of Kodak products.
 
projectbluebird said:
Shortly after the introduction of the brownie camera, the word Kodak came to be used for the act of taking photographs. To Kodak. (And presumably: Kodaking, Kodaked)
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Way back when, I remember my grandmother remarking to me, about the time I got my first camera, a Brownie Starflash, "... you know, we used to develop our own Kodaks back when your dad was your age ..."

That was the first time I remember hearing the brand name Kodak used as a noun for the photos themselves. I kind of thought of it being quaint and anachronistic, since nobody my age ever called photos "Kodaks" then. :)

I would think that since Kodak is trying to reposition themselves as a {d-word} company, that the name would not be appropriate for implying film photography.

Does anybody know where the word "Kodak" came from? (Acronym? Portmanteau?) I know that Brownie supposedly came from somebody named Brown. Anybody know the etymology of Kodak?
 
dmr said:
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Does anybody know where the word "Kodak" came from? (Acronym? Portmanteau?) I know that Brownie supposedly came from somebody named Brown. Anybody know the etymology of Kodak?
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I think it was derived from the word Kodiak.

This poll is a light-hearted attempt to decide the proper usage of this new-fangled word.

1) A noun.
2) A verb.
3) A refreshing summertime drink, usually red and yellow.
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I voted noun. I'm seeing a blending of the words Kodak and bakery. Kodakery is the place where my Tri-X is baked to perfection. :angel:


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Kodakery is the name of Kodaks internal new paper for the employees. She was published out of the office (Kodak Office, State St. in 18% NY) for years, think she still comes on weekly.

My father was a photographer there for years (all of the 70's and early 80's) along with Erv Lewis. Dad retired from there on medical (Cancer), not sure about Erv. Erv was a great guy, grew up in Love Cannel and worked in 'Nam as a photographer some times on Agent Orange sprays.

I was a very luck young man who was able to shoot, soup and print a lot of film and became a much better photographer for it.

B2 (;->
 
Brownie is a semi-domesticated elf

Brownie is a semi-domesticated elf

Pitxu said:
Kodak was the word "invented" by Eastman so that it could be universal and pronounced the same way all around the world.

Not so much now, but in the past "Kodak" was used to say "camera" in French, (esp' "point+shoot.)
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www.brownie-camera.com

Hello:

Kodak was a made up Universal word, somewhat like Japanese Roman car names. Brownies were a children's fad appropriated for the low cost P&S "Kodak" for children.

yours
Frank
 
Curiosity got me ... here's what Wikipedia says:

He (Eastman) and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagram set. He said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, one cannot mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but Kodak. It has also been suggested that "Kodak" originated from the suggestion of David Houston, a fellow photographic inventor who held the patents to several roll film camera concepts that he later sold to Eastman. Houston, who started receiving patents in 1881, was said to have chosen "Nodak" as a nickname of his home state, North Dakota (NoDak).[5] This is has been contested by other historians, however, who cite that Kodak was trademarked prior to Eastman buying Houston's patents.
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Here's what Wiki says about Brownie, which is similar to the story I heard, except I thought the guy's name was Brown and not Brownell:

The camera was named after Frank Brownell, its inventor who was a subcontractor of Eastman Kodak, and then ascribed to Palmer Cox's popular cartoon characters.
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lZr said:
How Fujied? Proviaso, or Velvetto?
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Aren't those cheeses???
Yes, I have heard Kodak used for any camera or photo. Goes along with Kleenex for any tissue. My one Grandmother called all soft drinks 'Coke', while my other Grandmother called all cars 'Fords'.
Interesting how language comes about. :cool:
 
projectbluebird said:
I propose an updated version for those who still use film(of any flavor):

"Kodakery"

This poll is a light-hearted attempt to decide the proper usage of this new-fangled word.

1) A noun.
2) A verb.
3) A refreshing summertime drink, usually red and yellow.
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I can't seem to get any "Velox" paper, which is a photographic paper that can be exposed in lamp light, but I do develop and print my own negs.

Think of it. All the hoi poi loi being able to shoot there own photos with sheet or roll film, using prepackaged film developing kits from Kodak and printing at home on "Velox" paper probably the death of proper photography.

I still remember the first time I developed a roll a film and printed only a contact sheet. It was magic, but to answer your question, "Kodakery" is a noun.
 
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bsdunek said:
Aren't those cheeses???
Yes, I have heard Kodak used for any camera or photo. Goes along with Kleenex for any tissue. My one Grandmother called all soft drinks 'Coke', while my other Grandmother called all cars 'Fords'.
Interesting how language comes about. :cool:
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Same here. Trademarks, often western but not always, became generic nouns to refer to things which didn't have a proper name in the local language (Tagalog/Filipino) or as verbs for the same purpose.

Kodak (localised, "kodakan" : to take pictures; "kodakero", photographer) has taken on a meaning similar to what it had elsewhere.

Other examples: Coke is any soda drink (use to hear in some diners, "What Coke do you want? Pepsi, Sprite or 7-Up?"). Frigidaire (local, ''pridyider") is refrigerator. Betamax is any VCR, even if it used VHS. Xerox is for any photocopy.
 
"Stop this kodakery and get a decent P&S digital for our wedding party photos!"
came to my mind when I did the poll
 
Old school 35mm photographers lament the new small format digitals, but fail to see that 35mm is itself a small format.

Back in the day of "Kodakery" one could by a # 3A folder, which had a frame size of 3 1/4 X 5 1/2 inches on 128 film.

It could then be contacted printed on "Velox" paper using either lantern light or with an electric bulb. http://www.adclassix.com/a3/25kodakphotopaper.htm

Kodak dropped their excellent line of modern B/W papers in 2005 and to make it final, they demolished Building 9 which was the paper plant at Kodak Park in Rochester. That occurred last year on 30 June 2007.
 
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