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The '''Folding Pocket Kodak''' was a [[folding camera]] made by [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd., Rochester]], from 1897-98. [[Frank A. Brownell|Frank Brownell]] was its designer. It took 2 1/4&times;3 1/4 exposures on Kodak 105 film rolls and had an Achromatic f/11 lens. The price was $10. The camera model had been renamed to '''Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1''' to distinguish it from the newer ''Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1A''. The ''No. 1'' stood for the smallest format in [[Kodak]]'s [[rollfilm]] exposure format portfolio: 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, and 3A.
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The '''Folding Pocket Kodak''' was a [[folding camera]] made by [[Kodak|Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd., Rochester]], from 1897-98. [[Frank A. Brownell|Frank Brownell]] was its designer. It took 2 1/4&times;3 1/4" exposures on Kodak 105 film rolls and had an Achromatic f/11 lens. The price was $10.  
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The original camera model was renamed to '''Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1''' to distinguish it from the newer ''Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1A''. The ''No. 1'' stood for the smallest format in [[Kodak]]'s [[rollfilm]] exposure format portfolio: 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, and 3A.
  
 
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* [http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mE13000143_ful.html Eastman Archive]
 
* [http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mE13000143_ful.html Eastman Archive]
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Revision as of 19:38, 3 April 2011

The Folding Pocket Kodak was a folding camera made by Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd., Rochester, from 1897-98. Frank Brownell was its designer. It took 2 1/4×3 1/4" exposures on Kodak 105 film rolls and had an Achromatic f/11 lens. The price was $10.

The original camera model was renamed to Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1 to distinguish it from the newer Folding Pocket Kodak No. 1A. The No. 1 stood for the smallest format in Kodak's rollfilm exposure format portfolio: 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3, and 3A.

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