Re: Disposable cameras

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > How did that 25-cents per print (including camera, film, and processing) compare
> > with other systems available at the time?  Was it relatively expensive
> > and upscale when compared with the market as it existed *then*?
> > 
> > Mike K.
> > 
> There was no 'other system' at the time!!!!  Or the system, if you will,
> was to do it yourself.  George Eastman's major 'invention' (some would
> say his only invention) was the photofinishing industry.  Not only was

Which is to say that Eastman's "high" priced 25 cents/photo (total system
price) was in fact dirt-cheap AT THE TIME for what you got.  It was
a low-end photography product.

It's like someone coming out (now) with brand new 3,000 sq. ft. houses
on 15,000 sq.ft. lots and selling them for $40,000.   It'd be considered
a VERY low-end house (price-wise), even though $40K isn't pocket change.

Mike K.





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