From Tiny Brownie Cameras to Modern Kodak Digitals: Truly A Giant Step in Photography

Some of you may be surprised to know that George Eastman, not Mr. Kodak, invented the Kodak camera. He also did a lot of other important things like inventing a more accurate bombsight for airplanes during WWI, and a so-called "painless" dental drill for use by dental students at a dental college he established in Rochester, N.Y.

When I was a child, our family bought a Brownie Camera, a tiny little box that was pre-loaded with film. You took all the pictures and then sent the camera back to the company, where the pictures would be developed and returned to you along with the camera, which had been reloaded. All this for a ridiculously low price; one I can't recall right now.

Anyway, I recently bought a Kodak EasyShare Z730 digital camera. What a difference...no film to worry about, clear, sharp pictures every time ---unless of course, you trip over something behind you while you are backing up for a better shot, like I recently did. I ended up dropping my practically new camera on the concrete floor of a lookout on top of the McKenzie Pass in Oregon and bending the zoom lens way off to the side.

I don't swear, or you would have heard me all the way to wherever you live, but I must admit, I was tempted. My granddaughter picked the camera up --- grandma was still lying there, but she was more interested in whether or not the camera had survived; she grabbed the zoom, bent it back in place, and the camera has worked like new ever since. I wish grandma got fixed that easily. I still have bruises left to show for that trip.

Anyway, we all survived, and the camera is still turning out gorgeous pictures. If you are looking for a good digital under $200, be sure to take a look at this one as well as checking out the digital camera website below.

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