Vintage Pocket Kodak Camera
by Paul Ward
Title
Vintage Pocket Kodak Camera
Artist
Paul Ward
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Photograph
Description
The pocket Kodak No. 1 series II is a folding A120 film camera made from 1922 to 1931 It uses autographic rollfilm that was produced by Eastman Kodak between 1914 and 1934. All Pocket Kodak cameras had the autographic feature. The negative size is 6� cm or 2 1/4� 1/4 inch. It has a Kodak anastigmat 108/7,7 lens. That's not a fast lens. The Diomatic No. 0 shutter has six settings, B, T 1/10 1/50 1/100 and 1/200s. That's not bad at all. It even has an exposure advice. Select aperture and lighting conditions dull, gray, clear or brilliant. At the shown aperture "figures indicate required exposure" as it states on the lever. Later models, like the Kodak autographic 2c, even have a rangefinder coupled to the lens plate to help focusing the camera instead of guessing the distance.
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October 22nd, 2012
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Lorenzo Cassina
Thank you for the good old memories. My 1st camera was just one like it........ and loved it. Such great presentation. Congrats! Thanks for your visit! Lorenzo
Lisa Anne Riley
I love your images, Paul. This is a fantastic vintage piece. Description is equally wonderful. :V+F:
Nadine And Bob Johnston
Watch, V, Fav, and Tweeted to over 41K --- MY VERY FIRST CAMERA ! :) Back in 1936, found it in the attic. Asked mom why she did not use it. She said, "Its broken, you can have it." It was not closed, as the bellows had come off the track, so it could not be or focused, etc... Took it apart, got it back on the Bellows. My Aunt showed me how to develop film, and make prints. The rest is History... My Dad was a Boston Fireman, hung out in the firehouse when not in school. When there was a fire would jump on my bike, and go. At a million Dollar Fire, a reporter from Boston Record American asked if I any good pics, as by the time he got there, there was nothing but some smoke. He took my film, they gave me 8x10's of each image, paid me $25 ea for six they published in the centerfold and one on the Front page... I was RICH, was making Fifty Cents and hour at the time... It does not take a $2000 camera to get good pictures and sell them. :)
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