Uchungechunge lwe-Kodak Instamatic ligubha iminyaka engama-50

Le nkampani yethule inguquko yekhamera ye-Instamatic eminyakeni engama-50 eyedlule, igcina uphawu lwayo lwakuqala, "Ucindezela inkinobho - senza okunye".

Kuzoba, ngaleyo nkathi, okulingana namakhamera we-smartphone wanamuhla: kulula ukuyisebenzisa, elula, engabizi, futhi ekugcineni ikuyo yonke indawo.

Yini eshintshe umdlalo

Unyaka ka-1963 wawungomunye futhi lapho I-Eastman Kodak Co. ibisese-roll, i-pun ihloselwe. Ikhamera ye-Instamatic ikhishwe, yaba ngeyokuqala ukuzuza kokusha kukaKodak 126 ifomethi. Umklami oholayo UDean M. Peterson yaqhamuka nesixazululo senqubo enzima yokulayisha nokususa umqulu wefilimu ngokuwufaka ngaphakathi kwegobolondo eliguquguqukayo. Le canister iphinde yasebenza njengepuleti yokusekela yekhamera, ebifaka ikhawunta yokuchayeka. Ukusetha nokusebenzisa ifilimu entsha kwaba lula kunokushintsha amabhethri.

Idizayini yonjiniyela ivumela izindleko zokukhiqiza ezingabizi, ngenkathi ibukeka ilula futhi ihlakaniphile ngasikhathi sinye. Ikhamera iphinde yasebenzisa i-pop-up flash equkethe yona, iyibeka njengesisekelo kumakhamera we-amateur photography. Konke lokhu ngentengo engu- $ 16, elingana ne- $ 120 yanamuhla.
Kwakuwukuguquka kwezithombe, kusondeza uKodak emcabangweni omuhle kaGeorge Eastman wokuthi ukuthwebula izithombe kufanele kufinyeleleke kuphi - jikelele.

Impumelelo nesikhalazo esidumile

Ukuqhubeka lapho kuphumelele khona indaba yempumelelo yenkampani uBrownie, i-Instamatic bekuyikhamera noma ngubani athola ukuthi kulula ukuyisebenzisa, inejubane le-shutter elingaguquki, ukuvula nokugxila.

Akudingeki ukuthi kushiwo, i-Kodak Instamatic yaba ngumhlaba wonke futhi yalandelwa yisixuku sabalingisi. Ukuba negama elinobuhlakani obunjalo, kepha, futhi kuzuza esikhathini esithathe yonke imboni ukuthola, ikhamera yaqhubeka yathengisa ngamayunithi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-50 phakathi kuka-1963 no-1970.

Ama-Detractors akhomba izithombe zawo ezisezingeni eliphansi, kepha ukungabi bikho kwekhwalithi kuhlala kwenza ukungabi nezinkumbulo.

Ifa le-Instamatic

Ikhamera yaziwa kakhulu ngokwenza izinto ezincane nokwenza lula inqubo yezithombe kangangokuba igama elithi "instamatic" livame ukuhlotshaniswa nomqondo wokusebenzisa ikhamera ekhomba ukudubula. Kuvuswe izikhathi ezingenakubalwa ngamasiko athandwayo, abekwe ngokuhloniphekile kuligi efanayo ne-lomography.

Njengobunye ubuciko, ukuthwebula izithombe kwakunesikhathi lapho kwakugcinelwe ochwepheshe noma abantu abazinikele kakhulu, isizathu esiyinhloko ukufinyeleleka nokutholakala kalula. I-Instamatic bekuyitshe lokunyathela ekushintsheni lokhu futhi yasiza ukwandisa izithombe kusuka kubuciko kuya ezindaweni ezijabulisa ngokwengeziwe.