The history of Kodak dates back to the 19th century, the very beginning of the photographic era.

In late 1870th George Eastman, a junior clerk in the Savings Bank in Rochester, USA, was going to set up for a journey and take some images during it but faced great difficulties of carrying all the necessary things – the camera & chemicals – with him. From that moment he got obsessed with the idea of making photography accessible to masses.

The following years he was trying to invent what we all know as a photographic film. In comparison with plates rolls were easy to deal with and suitable for mass production and hence for nonexpert photography. In 1888 the world’s first film camera was unveiled - already under the Kodak brand. The name Kodak was also Eastman’s invention, whose favourite letter in the alphabet was “K.”

The slogan of Eastman Kodak Company was “You press the button, we do the rest.” So the next important innovation of them was photo printing service – users could simply send completed rolls of firm to the company, and receive ready-make images. This principle of having your photos printed at minilabs has been working up to now.

In 1929 the first motion picture film strip was worked out specially for a sound movie. And now film strip is still actual for a professional cinematography. 96% of Hollywood movies are shot in film.

Throughout the years of its existence Eastman Kodak Company have been dealing with photo printers. Now it still stresses the fact that a real photo is a printed photo, not a picture on the screen.

Although the name Kodak is mainly associated with film and paper, they added much to digital photography. It is Kodak who created world’s first imaging sensor and a prototype of first digital camera. In 1991 together with Nikon they produced 1,3 megapixel digital camera aimed at photo journalists. And as soon as in 1994 Kodak makes its own 6MP digicam.

Now Eastman Kodak Company is a multinational American corporation that produces imaging and photographic materials and equipment. Kodak focuses now on digital markets and apart from marketing traditional film cameras and film it produces digital cameras, image sensors, digital picture frames. It still deals with motion picture and TV production.