Friends who have been reading my articles know that my "metal complex" is still quite strong, so I have never had much interest in the plastic body camera. But the Kodak Cameo Motor Ex compact camera introduced today, although it is also a camera made of basic plastic, is a special case, because in my opinion, this camera can be said to have witnessed the glory moment of Kodak film in China.
When it comes to the Kodak brand, everyone must be familiar with it, because in the 20th century, Kodak was definitely the leading brand in the field of photography in the world. For most photographers before the 80s, even if they have never used a Kodak camera, they should have used Kodak's film. Really haven't used it? I must have heard of it. I won't introduce much about the history of Kodak, because there are countless materials about the company on the Internet, and if you are interested, you may wish to search for yourself, and it is not difficult to find that Chinese materials also abound.
In the era of the popularity of film cameras, Kodak film can be said to be a god-like existence, if Kodak film is the "first brother" in the film industry that year, it is estimated that no other brand dares to compete. On the right side of the front face of the Kodak Cameo Motor Ex camera that I introduced today (when facing the camera), if you look closely, you can see that there is a slightly worn icon, but fortunately, the text on it can still be read clearly: Kodak Rapid Color National Video Service Network 5000 Store Celebration.
Although I didn't find the specific time of the 5,000 store celebration, it is not difficult to see that Kodak has reached 5,000 color printing stores in China at each point in time! And the other set of data I found is even more amazing: there are more than 7,800 Kodak fast colors in China alone, covering more than 700 cities ("Kodak, how is a century-old store?")."Youth"Resident? Author Chen Ruiquan, published in Public Relations World Monthly). Therefore, I should have no problem saying that this Kodak Cameo camera witnessed Kodak's "glory moment" in China.
Launched in 1995, the Kodak Cameo Motor EX is a simple camera or, more colloquially, a "point-and-shoot". However, its shape is very distinctive, and the flash and viewfinder of the camera are designed on a lens cap that can be folded. Every time I see this camera with the lens cap open, I don't know why it always reminds me of "Cobra"?
I don't know if it's because of the peculiar shape of the machine, but of course it's possible that the machine happened to come out in 1995, so Kodak said that the camera was an official commemorative version of the 35mm camera for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the United States. The Olympic version in my hand has not been opened, so I took a few photos with the packaging box, so you can get a general understanding.
When I first got this Kodak Cameo Motor EX camera, I was curious because the viewfinder was not visible on the surface. How can I take a picture without a viewfinder? It wasn't until I opened the lens cap that I found that there was a "hole" under the foldable lens cap, not only the lens, but also the camera's flash and viewfinder, as shown in the figure below.
Basically, there is a sticker with the words "People's Republic of China" printed in both Chinese and English. I remember seeing a document that said that such stickers were attached to imported goods. But now this information can't be found.,Which one of the friends until this sticker works still hope to tell me.,Thank you!
There doesn't seem to be much else to introduce.,Let's look at the picture.。 The reason why I bought this Kodak Cameo Motor Ex simple camera is just for the 5000 store celebration logo.
This Kodak Cameo Motor Ex camera, I bought it many years ago in a camera transaction in China, and I forgot about it, but it should not be in three digits. I just checked it, and the sales of the machine when it was launched in 1995 were 79$95. Kodak
Author: Zhang Yi.