Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, of course - one´s memory cannot always (mostly) be trusted. Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen nyt myös Kameralehden juttuja suomeksi - ---------- > From: Kekfoto@aol.com > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Cassettes > Date: 10. tammikuuta 1999 6:04 > > Raimo, Edison did not invent flexible film. But with the advent of the > cellulose based flexible film that Eastman introduced for the Kodak No. 1 (not > the Kodak) Edison's lab photographer, William K.L. Dickson, assigned to work > on what was to become the Kinetoscope, purchased some of this 70mm wide > Eastman film, slit it in two lengthwise, punched holes at the edges for > traction and came up with what eventually became adopted as the 35mm film > format, albeit in the motion picture industry initially. > > Kirk Kekatos > Chicago Photographic > Collectors Society > www.chicagophotographic.org