PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO of this 1995 Kodak Kodamotion 3.75" x 4.5" ( 5.5x8" Sealed hard plastic case w/insert) Lenticular Commemorative Princess Diana British Collectable Trading Card + Prototype Cherry Jewelry Box (Box is 9.25" L x 7.5"W x 3.25H with red velvet-like material inside - a larger image (6.5 x 4.5") cut down with white paper background - We looked at other options for the image (Jewelry box is non-licensed - just a test product). Kodak created this retail image in 1998 for the British market - Ikinetik - comes with their C of A (light damage to the paper (pictured) - the jewelry box has some light scratched inside near the mirror where they had to manipulate the box to get the image inserted. The sealed image comes with a plastic stand - lined box, and photo of Princess Diana - England's Rose - The image was produced with a 50 lenticule per inch lens. It is made from PETG plastic, so keep it away from heat or the sun.  I recommend keeping it in the plastic sleeve. Three types of film were initially used (Duraflex, Duratrans and Duraclear). This particular image was made with Duraclear Film (it has a white translucent film back which allows the image to be held up to bright light for best viewing).

Condition: EXCELLENT +++ - the collector card comes with original mailer - a small blemish on the white outer fold-over (minor) - small nick and mark on C of A card (pictured) - the image was only removed to photograph. AMAZING Motion and Image.

HOW THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS:  The image is one piece of film and one lens. We used approximately 24 non-consecutive frames of footage (approximately 3 to 5 seconds of time as you tilt the image back/forth) to produce this image. Think of it as a 21st century flip book - each lenticule (50/inch) acts as a micro-prism.  Under each of the 50 lenticules per inch is the digital information of all 24 frames sliced and compressed. These images had to be aligned within a fourth of a human hair before aligning and UV gluing to make them work. Kodak had over 50 patents on their 3-D and Motion products when they closed down this business unit.

HISTORY OF THE TECHNOLOGY:  I was one of the original 10 employees with the Kodak R&D Group that created these images. We began producing 3-D images in the early 1990's. The R&D group was called Depth Imaging. Once we became an official business unit within Kodak we added motion imaging to our product line (Kodamotion) and became Kodak's Dynamic Imaging business unit. I was the first manufacturer's rep with the group.  I became the Regional Sales Manager for the Western U.S.(14 states) in 1995 - working primarily with the Film Studios, Theme Parks, Trading Card Companies and Internal Kodak Divisions, etc.  In 2000 we developed a thinner lenticular film with a finer lens. This provided a higher definition image with an extended sequence of time.  We produced fewer products than other lenticular manufacturers (think "cracker jack")  because our images were film-based, more expensive and a higher quality than the inferior paper lenticular products. The Lost World Movie poster was just one of my 3-D projects, along with motion  trading cards from Skybox/Fleer, Upper Deck, Motionvision, etc.  When our business unit closed in 2003 I was one of only 2 of the original 10 employees left. I have a large collection and probably know more about this technology than anyone.

Shipping: $35.00 in U.S. - $100.00 International

I've included a picture of my old Kodak business card - sadly, I look much older now.