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via - Kodak Kodak has officially launched their latest digital rights management platform called the KodakOne , a system which uses Blockchain technology to protect past and present work of artists who have registered themselves through the KodaOne platform ,therefore they will do the honors of tracking down cases of copyright infringement of registered content  and in the meantime provide its registered users payment in the form of KODAKcoin cryptocurrency . Read the press release below . Source - DPreview KODAK and WENN Digital Partner to Launch Major Blockchain Initiative and Cryptocurrency KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin cryptocurrency give photographers a new revenue stream and a secure platform for protecting their work Rochester, NY, Tuesday, January 09, 2018 -- Today Kodak and WENN Digital, in a licensing partnership, announced the launch of the KODAKOne image rights management platform and KODAKCoin, a photo-centric cryptocurrency to empower photographers...

Kodak digital has announced a new 360 degree 4K action camera for the consumer market dubbed the Pixpro Orbit 360-4k VR . The 20 mp 1/2.3"camera armed with a bulbous 360° Spherical Lenses -both on the font and back , 235° Field of View per lens and it supports 4k streaming output for Facebook and Youtube . The cameras retail for $499 per unit. Source - digitaltrends

via Wikipedia - Thistle33   In a age where click and tap to upload , the concept of inserting reels of film to a camera and then spending time developing it in a dark room (or dropping it off at the pharmacy to get them developed) should be a extinct practice now , but apparently demand for film is on the rise and Kodak - a company that basically pioneered "film" is now set to revisit one of its greatest hits - Ektachrome 100 and relaunch it this year . As time goes , film for different ISO levels will be made -including film for video cameras of a bygone Eastman era .But apparently , Kodak is also set to launch its very first Super -8 film camera with digital audio recording very soon  as interest in Film has reached a all time high even in a age where the terms "Selfie" and "apps" rule the headlines . fstoppers

Cameras on smartphones have always been/and will be an Achilles heel as they lack the ability to capture "light" of much larger sensors , but this hasn't stopped them almost destroying the compact cameras and reducing the slr/mirrorless market to only the serious buyers . Kodak - a company which relied mostly on the sale of its compact camera market was one of the worst hit as people no longer take photos to the pharmacy or download them via the camera  and share them to "Myspace"( whats that you may ask ) .In an attempt to "join the trend" ,Kodak too has joined the smartphone market with its new Ektra smartphone - a flagship spec handset with a one of a kind 21MP sensor with PDAF - phase detection autofocus . The specs are listed below , the handset announced a few months back is now said to cost $549 unlocked in the U.S or GBP 449 . KODAK EKTRA Smartphone key features: *ANDROID 6.0 (Marshmallow) *Professional results from a 21MP fast focus...