I just got around to watching this - fascinating. Wow, so much automation so long ago. And the "calculator" took only a few weeks to get a result 😃. And the Disney style dramatic music - it really is of an era.
When I discovered the video first, it reminded me of the time when I worked in optics, many things haven't changed, the computer part yes. It also gave me a nostalgia of when I was a very small child and everyone had this spirit of investing themselves to go further and make beautiful and better things, that spirit seems long gone. Cheers.
Very beautiful video. So many workers and technicians. Whatever happened to those beautiful machines. So many people were employed. Beautiful days in deed. Million Browny points.
@@JanneRanta I don't, found this one a few years ago and kept it preciously. With the appearance of AI video improvement told myself it was time to share. Cheers.
@@JanneRanta Sadly documentaries like this have become the exception, I remember as a kid watching things like this all the time in the long gone educational channels. I saw this recently on a German channel which have excellent content (but everything is in German). www.br.de/alphalernen/faecher/physik/physik-einfach-erklaert100.html
Excellent video and so very interesting. I was amazed to see how much of the main manufacture of the lenses, the molding and polishing etc. is almost exactly the same as the most modern manufacturing plants use today. Thanks for posting this, I really enjoyed it.
Hi thanks, I worked in optics and one of the first things they told me was: things haven't changed much in 100years ( when talking about the general manufacturing) cheers.
Decades later people like me are restoring these lenses. They were well built enough to normally only need a good cleaning & the mechanical parts re-lubed up. So the lenses can server for more decades to come.
This is the beauty of old lenses, they give us many emotions thru the special images they help us create, and we can keep them going indefinitely. I like some modern lenses, but I tend to steer from them as the build quality is certainly not at the same level. Cheers.
@@diyextravaganzathanks for posting this great video of how Kodak manufactured great lenses years ago, it brings me back to a time when people aspired to do things well also where the general people appreciated fine precision instruments, I find our young people take everything for granted, nothing impresses them any more no matter how good, or precisely made. We now live in the iPhone, Internet generation where information, knowledge, answers to any question are just a few Google searches away, automated machines can do things over and over with even less need for human hands or intervention, soon machines will make machines to build everything we want or need therefore we have less and 24:40 less value of the people who laid down the foundational concepts of our modern world.
Todays generatioon cant drive, cant cook for themselves, has denied some of the greatest achievements of mankind. They do not even know that pitch is. We stand on the shoulders of many great people making incredible machines that were magic even 70 years before.
I truly enjoy these old how to or how it was done movies. But to me, and this isn't the only one I feel this way about, the AI enhancement jus doesn't do it for me. It seems like AI turns a video into a bad copy of a bad copy of a bad copy....But thanks just the same.
Hi, I do agree with you, the AI "enhancement" does look very artificial but the quality of this video was very poor. Thanks for following the channel. Best.
I am stunned !!! how come was this possible with such an egregious human and manufacturing equipment involvement in States to make those lenses affordable for masses ! unparalleled ! I was convinced , as a movie and photography professional , that those cheap lenses were made by asians in 4th row countries literally on their laps from pieces of discarded materials . how how was it possible to charge for such a marvelous tremendous work so little . no lenses that are made in similar fashion yet still a lot faster by germans costs at 4k usd and up to 25-30k usd a pop ! all and all terrific video such an emersion into better days America . thank you ! so long @georges_angeles
fascinating, but rather than 40-50 years ago it feels more like 60-70 years (1950s-1960s)
@@jph364 you're most probably right given the clothing and haircuts.
I just got around to watching this - fascinating. Wow, so much automation so long ago. And the "calculator" took only a few weeks to get a result 😃. And the Disney style dramatic music - it really is of an era.
When I discovered the video first, it reminded me of the time when I worked in optics, many things haven't changed, the computer part yes. It also gave me a nostalgia of when I was a very small child and everyone had this spirit of investing themselves to go further and make beautiful and better things, that spirit seems long gone. Cheers.
Very beautiful video. So many workers and technicians. Whatever happened to those beautiful machines. So many people were employed. Beautiful days in deed. Million Browny points.
Thanks a lot my Friend.
I think these processes are meeting even much higher standards now, for today’s smartphone cameras for instance. But very informative, still.
@@h.e.hazelhorst9838 Hi, I worked in optical manufacturing a few years ago and you'll be surprised. Regards!
So this is what happens when you crank up the AI restoration to max :D
Sadly the quality was extremely bad and after trying different algorithms, all results looked pretty much as this one. Cheers.
@@diyextravaganza Great film still. Do you have more of these?
@@JanneRanta I don't, found this one a few years ago and kept it preciously. With the appearance of AI video improvement told myself it was time to share. Cheers.
@@diyextravaganza Shame. These kinds of videos are super interesting. Would love to see one like this about camera bodies too.
@@JanneRanta Sadly documentaries like this have become the exception, I remember as a kid watching things like this all the time in the long gone educational channels. I saw this recently on a German channel which have excellent content (but everything is in German). www.br.de/alphalernen/faecher/physik/physik-einfach-erklaert100.html
Excellent video and so very interesting. I was amazed to see how much of the main manufacture of the lenses, the molding and polishing etc. is almost exactly the same as the most modern manufacturing plants use today. Thanks for posting this, I really enjoyed it.
Hi thanks, I worked in optics and one of the first things they told me was: things haven't changed much in 100years ( when talking about the general manufacturing) cheers.
Love the letter to the design dept 😊
other times :)
Beautiful video. Thank you very much for sharing!
You're welcome my friend. Cheers.
Decades later people like me are restoring these lenses. They were well built enough to normally only need a good cleaning & the mechanical parts re-lubed up. So the lenses can server for more decades to come.
This is the beauty of old lenses, they give us many emotions thru the special images they help us create, and we can keep them going indefinitely. I like some modern lenses, but I tend to steer from them as the build quality is certainly not at the same level. Cheers.
@@diyextravaganzathanks for posting this great video of how Kodak manufactured great lenses years ago, it brings me back to a time when people aspired to do things well also where the general people appreciated fine precision instruments, I find our young people take everything for granted, nothing impresses them any more no matter how good, or precisely made. We now live in the iPhone, Internet generation where information, knowledge, answers to any question are just a few Google searches away, automated machines can do things over and over with even less need for human hands or intervention, soon machines will make machines to build everything we want or need therefore we have less and 24:40 less value of the people who laid down the foundational concepts of our modern world.
Great video
Thanks, I've always found optical manufacturing fascinating. Cheers.
thank you
You're welcome.
Thank you.
You're welcome my friend. ,😊
I wasn't expecting their "calculator" to be the size of a room lol. What took weeks can be done on a smartphone in seconds. Crazy.
Lol, yep. And yet, they were able to produce great things. Best
Love the old Warner Brothers-esque cartoon music
@@sasquatchentertainment3568 totally agree with you. Best
Thanks
You're welcome my friend
The music is so dramatic 😄
Reminds me of old cartoons
love it
Happy you liked it !
Todays generatioon cant drive, cant cook for themselves, has denied some of the greatest achievements of mankind. They do not even know that pitch is.
We stand on the shoulders of many great people making incredible machines that were magic even 70 years before.
I've always found a bit absurd that while living in an age practically limitless access to knowledge, a lot choose to turn their back on that.
Very long process. 😮. But nice.
Yeah, making lenses is a very lengthy process but certainly a wonderful one .
wow
I said the same thing I saw this video for the first time :)
i love it
It's a beautiful video
I truly enjoy these old how to or how it was done movies. But to me, and this isn't the only one I feel this way about, the AI enhancement jus doesn't do it for me. It seems like AI turns a video into a bad copy of a bad copy of a bad copy....But thanks just the same.
Hi, I do agree with you, the AI "enhancement" does look very artificial but the quality of this video was very poor. Thanks for following the channel. Best.
It's a great shame Kodak is just a shell of what it once was
it is.
I miss when Kodak made good American lenses instead of licensing out their name to cheap plastic point and shoots
That's indeed a great loss and one reason I avoid buying cheap optics. Best.
What year is this wonderful flim
Sometime in the beginning of the 60s, or maybe late 50s.
unwatchable
ok
I disagree.
I am stunned !!! how come was this possible with such an egregious human and manufacturing equipment involvement in States to make those lenses affordable for masses ! unparalleled ! I was convinced , as a movie and photography professional , that those cheap lenses were made by asians in 4th row countries literally on their laps from pieces of discarded materials . how how was it possible to charge for such a marvelous tremendous work so little . no lenses that are made in similar fashion yet still a lot faster by germans costs at 4k usd and up to 25-30k usd a pop ! all and all terrific video such an emersion into better days America . thank you ! so long @georges_angeles
This was before a the apparition of finance genies that sacrifice fair wages and prices to maximize profits for a few.