Hi im probably just stupid but i ordered what I thought was a 32gb micro sd card for my Kodak Charmera and it wont fit in the camera its physically too large rip. Can anyone send me a link to some that will fit? Thanks!

I simply can't take more than 10 photos with the Kodak Charmera. After ten shots, they stop showing up on the camera's display, and when I connect it to the computer, the files do appear but are always corrupted. The first 10 are fine, but after that, there's an error. I'm using a genuine 32GB SanDisk SD card. This error shouldn't be happening. I've even formatted the card several times trying to get it to work. It's driving me crazy. I want to take the camera on an upcoming trip, but I need to be able to take more than 10 photos. Help!!

Using a Kodak Scanner S2070 (S2000 Series) and just got it and it's producing lines of roughly the same colour pixel across multiple pixles per line read.

The best I can describe it is like small treads accross the image. It ends up slightly distorting the image, and I am trying to do prestine scans of my card collection. There is no damage being applied to the object scanned. This scans on both sides, and both sides are experiencing this issue, though non-uniformed images do come out looking better.

This appears at 300dpi and 600dpi. I have cleaned both plates (but have not taken it apart to clean), bit it feels like this is an issue hardware vs just not clean enough?

I don't know if there is anyway to link these images within the rules of the subreddit, but let me know and I am happy to post.

Thanks!

I've been thinking about a question that initially seems to connect several unrelated things:

Artificial intelligence, robots, old photographs, and film photography.

Why might they actually belong to the same technological story?

I'm not an AI researcher, nor am I an insider at Kodak. What follows is simply my personal perspective based on publicly available information. It is not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

AI may not truly change the world until it can act in the physical world

Over the past few years, we've watched AI make rapid progress in language, images, coding, and information processing.

But for ordinary people, the moment when AI truly becomes part of everyday physical life may come later.

For example:

A robot that can understand its environment and perform useful work.

A vehicle that can drive itself in complex environments.

A factory that can adjust production based on real-time information.

A machine that can take an AI-generated design and turn it into an actual physical product.

That represents an important transition:

AI moving from the digital world into the physical world.

In very simple terms:

Data → AI → Decision → Machine → Physical result

The AI model may increasingly resemble the "brain."

But robots, factories, energy systems, materials, and manufacturing equipment are what give that intelligence a "body."

This made me think about film

When most people think about film today, they think about photography.

But from a physical and chemical perspective, film did something quite remarkable.

Light from the real world entered a camera.

↓

The light interacted with photosensitive materials.

↓

Chemical and physical changes occurred within the material.

↓

After processing, an image emerged.

In simplified form:

Reality → Light → Chemistry → Material → Image

A moment that actually happened was written into physical matter.

Digital photography, of course, works differently.

Digital cameras convert light into electronic signals and digital information.

Film left a much more tangible physical record.

So what is interesting about an old photograph?

Imagine finding a photograph from several decades ago.

It may have almost no commercial value.

It may not be something anyone would buy.

And yet it can still be incredibly valuable.

Why?

Because the people in it may no longer be alive.

The building may no longer exist.

The street may have completely changed.

The clothing, cars, stores, and everyday life shown in the image may have disappeared.

Most importantly:

that particular moment actually happened.

Today, generative AI can create an incredibly convincing image of what a street in the 1950s might have looked like.

But an AI-generated historical-style image and an actual photograph taken in the 1950s are not the same kind of information.

One is:

a reconstruction of the past.

The other is:

a physical record left by the past.

That doesn't mean every old photograph has financial value.

It doesn't.

But it does suggest that we may be underestimating the informational value of physical records.

Could AI make these old records more interesting?

I think this is worth discussing.

AI is becoming increasingly capable of:

recognizing faces,

identifying objects,

understanding images,

restoring old photographs,

extracting text,

analyzing historical materials,

and finding relationships between different sources.

So a photograph from decades ago may eventually become more than a family memory.

It could also become a visual source that AI helps us understand and organize.

Of course, we should be careful here.

This does not mean:

"All old photographs will become valuable."

It does not mean:

"Old photographs are an investment."

And it certainly does not mean:

"AI will bring film photography back."

Those are completely different claims.

The idea I'm interested in is much simpler:

Perhaps we are beginning to rethink the value of physical records themselves.

And this brings me back to Kodak

Here, I think it is important to separate facts from speculation.

Kodak today is obviously not the same company it was when consumer film dominated photography.

But the company still has industrial capabilities related to materials, chemistry, and precision coating.

According to Kodak's public filings, its Advanced Materials & Chemicals business continues to use capabilities developed over decades of work in chemistry, deposition, and coating, while exploring applications including battery materials and related coated products.

Whether these businesses ultimately succeed is something that has to be demonstrated through actual customers, orders, production volumes, margins, and cash flow.

So I don't think it is rigorous to say:

"Kodak has these technologies, therefore Kodak will become an AI supplier."

That's not established.

The more interesting question is:

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That is something the market will have to determine.

Maybe we're actually witnessing a reversal

For decades, technology has been converting the physical world into digital information:

Photographs → Digital files

Sound → Digital audio

Maps → Digital maps

Books → Digital text

Reality → Data

AI is beginning to move in the other direction:

Data → Understanding → Decision → Action

And ultimately:

Digital → Physical world

Robotics, autonomous driving, and intelligent factories may be early examples of this transition.

If the trend continues, AI will require much more than computing power.

It will require:

energy,

batteries,

sensors,

motors,

materials,

chemistry,

precision coating,

manufacturing equipment,

factories,

and entire industrial supply chains.

In other words:

The AI "brain" may live in the data center.

The AI "body" exists in the physical world.

This is why old photographs have a surprisingly interesting place in this story

Humanity has always been doing something like this:

Observe the world → Record it → Preserve information → Understand it → Use it to change the world

Film was once an important tool in that process.

Now AI is becoming part of the same cycle.

Perhaps the future looks something like:

Humans observe

↓

Physical media records

↓

Information becomes digital

↓

AI interprets it

↓

AI makes decisions

↓

Machines execute

↓

The physical world changes again

That chain is much bigger than any single company.

Kodak is simply one interesting historical example within it.

One final question

Maybe the most important question of the AI era isn't simply:

"Who has the most advanced AI model?"

Maybe it is:

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When AI can only answer questions, it changes our information environment.

When AI can drive cars, operate robots, manage factories, and manufacture products, it begins to change the physical world.

And in human history, film once accomplished a much smaller—but still remarkable—version of this:

It took invisible light and information and wrote them into physical matter.

Today, we are attempting something much larger:

to turn invisible intelligence into actions that can affect the physical world.

That is why I find it surprisingly interesting to think about a decades-old photograph in the age of AI.

It reminds us that technological history is not always about old technologies disappearing and new technologies suddenly appearing.

Sometimes, industrial capabilities accumulated over decades can find completely different applications in a new technological cycle.

Which capabilities will ultimately matter—and which companies will actually benefit—should be answered by time, customers, and real business results.

This is a personal discussion of technology, history, and industrial development based on publicly available information. It is not investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any security, or a prediction of any company's future performance. Readers should conduct their own research and reach their own conclusions.

I found my dad's old kodak easyshare M530 and I want to use this camera as a prop for my call of cthulhu session. I have drawn the image that I am going to transfer from the computer to the camera, but when I tried to move it, it says "unrecognized file format". The image is 2048x1536 px and in .jpg format. If anyone know how to do it please help :P. thankyou!

UPDATE : I DID IT!!
I just need to paste my drawing on top of some dummy picture in mircosoft paint.

Hello everyone! I’m very new to camaras and not very tech savvy so sorry if this is a stupid question. I just got a kodak pixpro c1 as a gift from my place of employment and I just bought the micro SD card yesterday with 32 gb but when I tried to insert it it simply won’t go all the way in or register in the Camara. Could it be a camara issue? Or a SD card issue? Or am i simply just not understanding lol