NASA and the DCS 760c

[Charles_Hubbard]

NASA's use of the Kodak DSLRs just highlights why Kodak should not give up on their pro digital cameras. I started digital photography with the DCS 100 and my last Kodak digital was the DCS 620 which was built like a tank.
Are you listening, Kodak?

[Grant_Kennedy]

I agree Kodak's system was terrific, but voicing your displeasure here is like talking to a brick wall.


The Kodak people who respond to our questions don't make policy, they make the gear we buy.
And I doubt the decision makers (bean counters) at Kodak read these boards.

If you want your voice to be heard, I suggest you direct your letters to Kodak management.
Get the ball rolling in your area. Talk with other Kodak digital shooters and let Kodak know your "pissed off"
I did, and my local rep was more than willing to forward them to Head Office.
What has he got to loose? He knows as it stands now, he won't be selling me a new camera.

Kodak has dropped amateur film/professional digital cameras and most recently B&W paper.
What's left for them to sell us? What's next on the chopping block?
They started this digital revolution, and now they decide to back out.
I'm afraid if Kodak isn't back in the game when I upgrade my current Kodak digicams, there will be no turning back!
There will be nothing left at Kodak for me to buy.

My college professor told me " It's always easier to keep the client you have than it is to get a new one."

>>And I doubt the decision makers (bean counters) at Kodak read these boards.
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These photographs demonstrate what a great camera the DCS 760 was/is.

I started serious digital capture with the 760 and begged Kodak to make an upgraded version, but from reps to management, it feel on deaf ears.

The 760 was an inch away for equalling the 1ds and had so much potential it could have set the standard for years.

Fast shooting rate, multiple processing softwares, upgradable firmware, great white balance, removable prism and the best professional camera body ever made.

Then the SLRn came, then nothing.

It is obvious John is proud and he rightfully should be.

Best,

James Russell

[Grant_Kennedy]

>>It is obvious John is proud and he rightfully should be.<<

I'm also darn proud of my 760!
If it's good enough for NASA...

I agree with James... They were so close to reaching the pinnacle,
My 760 delivers every time, and I hope it keeps going for quite a while.
The thing is almost bullet proof.

I was griping a couple of years back about the cost of upgrading to the NX and John offered to buy back my DCS cameras. I said no way, as I was and am happy with the Kodak cameras. I have had nothing but fine support from the tech people and medium supervisors. You are correct, its those in upper management who know nothing about our business except how to make the stock reduce in price.

[ArtChristopher]

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I suspect that NASA's decision to go with Kodak DSLRs has more to do with their history of using Nikon cameras -- and their existing investment in compatible lenses -- than anything else, esp. given NASA's apparent budget woes, etc. I wouldn't be surprised to see them move to the D2X when they next have funding for a new round of DSLRs.

That said, I'm plenty happy with my DCS 760 and DCS 720x's. Heck, even my F2's and F3's have a used-in-space-by-NASA provenance!

I wonder why Canon never landed this contract ...

--Andrew

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Andrew, I suspect you've got it backwards, because while NASA has used Nikons, they've also used other cameras (remember Hasselblad's advertising how one could get a free 'blad? "Just go to these co-ordinates and pick one up!" -- the snag being that the coordinates, and the camera, were/are on the moon). But in those Nikons and 'Blads was Kodak film... which they did bring back!

Kodak's involvement with the US space progam is extensive and on-going... (and a lot of it is classified, which may be why you don't think of yellow boxes in orbit as much as the facts suggest!).

AC

[David_Buzzard]

Go to the space walker picture. You can actually see the other astronaut reflected in his visor and a great view of the camera. It's pretty crazy looking, but obviously a Kodak.

David Buzzard