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In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, a Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video, in New York. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Kodak to stop making cameras

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:53am

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago.

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Eastman Kodak Co. Headquarters is shown in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

Photo finish? Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Ben Dobbin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:55am

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Is Kodak's moment past?

The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms in the 1980s and a seismic shift to the digital technology it pioneered but couldn't capitalize on. Now comes a wistful worry that this icon of American business is edging toward extinction.

Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, raising the specter that the 132-year-old trailblazer could become the most storied casualty of a digital age that has whipped up a maelstrom of economic, social and technological change.

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