DCFever published new images of the Kodak S1 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that will have a Micro Four Thirds mount/sensor, built-in Wi-Fi and a tilting screen. The camera is produced by JK Imaging who last year bought the rights to use the Kodak brand name. They are going to release also another compact model called ZS41 with a 4x, 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 […]
Two interesting press releases came out from Kodak today: Kodak announced agreement to spin off Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging Businesses in a settlement with U.K. pension plan – another step toward exiting from chapter 11. Kodak also posts first quarter profit of $283 million. Press releases:
At the 2013 P&E show in China Kodak had on display a new Pixpro mirrorless (interchangeable lens?) camera with a design similar to the Olympus PEN series. I could not find any additional information on this model. Few months ago JK Imaging got the rights to use the Kodak brand name on their cameras and they introduced the Kodak Pixpro S1 Micro […]
Kodak received a court approval for financing of up to $844 millions to “strengthens Kodak’s position to successfully execute its remaining reorganization objective” and hopefully get out of bankruptcy in mid-2013:
After Kodak announced that they will license their brand name, JK Imaging announced in Peking the Kodak Pixpro S1 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera with built-in WiFi and a CMOS sensor probably made by Sony. The official release will be in Q3 of 2013. One of the slides implies that the new camera is “Best designed for smartphone” which suggests some […]
During CES Kodak announced that they licensed their brand name to JK Imaging for certain consumer products, including digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and portable projectors. In an interview with AP, Kodak’s representative confirmed that a new compact system camera will be part of the portfolio:
Kodak will get approximately $525 million for its patents portfolio. This was a necessary step in order to get the previously reported $793 million in financing in order to exit from bankruptcy and continue as a commercial printing company. Full press release:
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