One of my favorite things so far in Dracula Daily is finding out Kodak cameras existed in Dracula times. I mean of course they did (the oldest surviving photo is from 1826) but it’s still a brand name today. The first Kodak was from 1888.
Kodak box cameras like this weren’t a tech invention really. Their popularity was from simplifying down to point and shoot, and more importantly taking development and reloading away from the photographer. For $2 ($65 today) you’d send in the whole camera and they’d send you a reloaded one with 100 shots in it.
By the time Dracula came out you could get what we now call a “prosumer” Kodak camera. It had replaceable parts and accessories but you could still just point and shoot. What did photos from this look like? Appropriately spooky!
