36 Facts About Kodak Gallery

1. Kodak Gallery offered camera owners various forms of compensation for their loss.

2. Kodak Gallery designed the optics for the Chandra X-ray space telescope in 1999.

3. In 1976 Kodak Gallery had a 90pc market share for photographic film and an 85pc share of camera sales in the US.

4. In 2005 Kodak Gallery unveiled the EasyShare-One digital camera which was equipped with Wi-Fi and allowed photographers to email pictures.

5. In 1995 Kodak Gallery filed a petition with the WTO arguing that unfair practices by Fuji had kept it from gaining ground in the Japanese market.

6. Kodak Gallery passed up the chance to become the official film sponsor of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

7. Kodak Gallery was the first company to build a working digital camera.

8. Kodak Gallery has nine Academy Awards, more commonly known as Oscars.

9. Kodak Gallery is a manufacturer of self-service photo kiosks that produce "prints in seconds" from multiple sources including digital input, scanned prints, Facebook, the Kodak Gallery and orders placed on-line using thermosublimation printers.

10. In 2005 Kodak Gallery announced it would stop producing black-and-white photo paper.

11. Kodak Gallery manufactured the first digital document scanners for high speed document imaging.

12. Kodak Gallery provides associated document capture software and business process services.

13. On March 1, 2012, Kodak Gallery announced that it sold Kodak Gallery to Shutterfly for $23.8 million.

14. In July 2006, Kodak Gallery announced that Flextronics would manufacture and help design its digital cameras.

15. Kodak Gallery was the exclusive supplier of negatives for Polaroid cameras from 1963 until 1969, when Polaroid chose to manufacture its own instant film.

16. Kodak Gallery licensed the manufacture of Kodak Gallery branded cameras to Vivitar in 2005 and 2006.

17. Kodak Gallery markets Picture CDs and other photo products such as calendars, photo books and photo enlargements through retail partners such as CVS, Walmart and Target and through its Kodak Gallery online service, formerly known as Ofoto.

18. Kodak Gallery previously owned the visual effects film post-production facilities Cinesite in Los Angeles and London and LaserPacific in Los Angeles.

19. Kodak Gallery formed Educational Advisory Councils in the US, Europe and Asia made up of deans and chairs of some of the most prestigious film schools throughout the world to help guide the development of their program.

20. In 1990, Kodak Gallery launched a Worldwide Student Program working with university faculty throughout the world to help nurture the future generation of film-makers.

21. Kodak Gallery entered the professional television production video tape market, briefly in the mid-1980s, under the product portfolio name of Eastman Professional Video Tape Products.

22. In February 2007, Kodak Gallery re-entered the market with a new product line of All-in-One inkjet printers that employ several technologies marketed as Kodacolor Technology.

23. Kodak Gallery entered into consumer inkjet photo printers in a joint venture with manufacturer Lexmark in 1999 with the Kodak Personal Picture Maker.

24. Kodak Gallery continues to research and develop Digital Printing Systems and introduced more products.

25. In January 2018, Kodak Gallery announced plans to launch KodakCoin, a photographer-oriented blockchain cryptocurrency.

26. On September 3, 2013, Kodak Gallery announced that it emerged from bankruptcy as a technology company focused on imaging for business.

27. In 2011, despite the turnaround progress, Kodak Gallery rapidly used up its cash reserves, stoking fears of bankruptcy; it had $957 million in cash in June 2011, down from $1.6 billion in January 2001.

28. Kodak Gallery has turned to litigation in order to generate revenue.

29. In May 1995, Kodak Gallery filed a petition with the US Commerce Department under section 301 of the Commerce Act arguing that its poor performance in the Japanese market was a direct result of unfair practices adopted by Fuji.

30. In February 2012, Kodak Gallery announced that it would stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames and focus on the corporate digital imaging market.

31. In January 2012, Kodak Gallery filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

32. Kodak Gallery shows us that it's more important to prepare than adapt.

33. In 1975, a young engineer at Kodak Gallery named Steve Sasson invented the digital camera.

34. In July 2008, Kodak Gallery decided to mail the Kodak Gallery Gallery users obliging them to purchase something through their website.

35. In October 2006, Kodak Gallery launched a new line of products designed by American crafts and home decorating expert Martha Stewart.

36. Kodak Gallery was Kodak's consumer online digital photography web site.