Retinoblastoma is a cancer of the eye that typically effects infants up to 5-years of age and, if not caught early, can easily and quickly spread.

The link at the end of this post is from Kodak’s “A Thousand Words” blog and is very important for parents.

It goes on to tell the story of how one family, examining their flash-photos of their infant-son Leo noticed a strange hue in one of his eyes.

Thankfully, they took him to the hospital and he’s doing fine.

It goes on to explain how the disease effects 1 in 15,000 live-births and only 5% of those affected has any family history of it.

The story tells parents that Doctors recommend taking non-red-eye reduction flash photos of your child in a darkened-room once a month for the first 5-years of their lives.

It goes on to tell a lot more, so do yourself and your infant-child a favor and check the story out at“Kodak- A Thousand Words”

If digital-photography has ever had a positive use, this certainly is on the top-ten list and for me, as a parent, would justify any price to get a camera and get an early detection.

As a camera-person though, I have to tell you that you don’t have to shell out for a Nikon D3, but the cheaper cameras (with flash of course) might do a better job of promoting red-eye and achieving the results you need.

Many thanks to Leo’s family for sharing their experiences, to Kodak for publishing it and Jenny Cisney for the story. Live long and prosper Leo.

Check out the article now.  (click here too)