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The Kodak Pony cameras are a series of [[Bakelite]] bodied small format cameras designed by [[Arthur H Crapsey]] for [[Kodak]]. They were slotted into the Kodak lineup between the roll film Brownie and the 35mm Signet series. Like the Brownie series cameras, the Pony cameras lack rangefinders and have simple viewfinders.
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Like the Signet series, they feature Kodak's better glass lenses, the 3 element Anastons and the four element Anastars (all with front element focusing). Also like the Signets, they have variable speed (except for the Pony II), manually cocked Kodak synchronized shutters. A shutter release/film advance interlock (with bypass switch) prevents double exposures.
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They all use [[35mm film]] (again, like the Signets), though, technically, the Pony 828 uses [[828 film|roll film]], albeit in 35mm width. Knobs are used for film advance and rewind. Similar Pony cameras, with Angenieux lenses, were made by Kodak France.
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==Pony 828==
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* Production: 1949-1959
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* Film format: [[828 film|828]], 28x40mm frames
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* Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/8 - 1/200
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* Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22
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The Kodak Pony 828 was the first Kodak Pony. Its 3 element front element focusing lens is mounted in a collapsible lens mount. It has a film reminder dial on the top cover.
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The Kodak Pony 828 originally sold for $30 USD<ref name="huffy49">History of Kodak Cameras at www.kodak.com</ref> (app. $270 USD in 2009).
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==Pony 135==
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* Production: 1950-1954
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* Film format: [[35mm|135]], 24x35mm frames
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* Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200 ([[flash sync|M sync]] only)
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* Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22
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The '''Pony 135''' is similar to the Pony 828. It uses the same lens/shutter combination mounted on a tube that can be collapsed into the camera body when not in use.
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The Kodak Pony 135 originally sold for $34.75 USD<ref name="huffy49"/> (app. $310 USD in 2009).
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====[[Kodak Pathé]] Pony 135====
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* Production: 1956 ?
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* Film format: [[35mm|135]]
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* Shutter: Kodak 1/25 - 1/150, [[flash sync]].
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* Lens: [[Angénieux]] 45mm Kodak Anastigmat F:3.5 f/4.5 - f/16
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==Pony 135 Model B==
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* Production: 1953-1955
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* Film format: 135
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* Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200 (M sync only)
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* Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22
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The camera's front panel is embossed with the words "Model B" in script. Other differences from the first model are apparently minimal.
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The Kodak Pony Model B originally sold for $36.75 USD<ref name="huffy49"/>  (app. $295 USD in 2009).
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==Pony 135 Model C==
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* Production: 1955-1958
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* Film format: [[35mm|135]]
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* Shutter: Kodak Flash 300 1/25 - 1/300  (M sync only)
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* Lens: Kodak Anaston 44mm f/3.5 - f/22
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The Pony 135 Model C features a faster shutter and a shorter focal length lens in a rigid mount, carried on a body made of red/brown [[Bakelite]]. The aperture scale is marked both with f-numbers and weather conditions for [[Kodachrome]] and Ektachrome.
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The Kodak Pony Model C originally sold for $33.75 USD<ref name="huffy49"/>  (app. $270 USD in 2009).
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==Pony II==
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* Production: 1957-1962
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* Film format: [[35mm|135]]
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* Shutter: Single Speed  (M sync only)
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* Lens: Kodak Anastar 44mm f3.9 EV 9.5 - 15
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A very enigmatic camera, the Pony II utilizes Kodak's higher quality Anastar lens (4 elements in 3 groups, similar to a Tessar but with the rear element group reversed) in a rigid mount, but has only a single shutter speed.  The lens lacks traditional f/stops, but instead is marked with EV or [[exposure value]]s.  The aperture diaphragm has only four blades. The top mounted film reminder dial of the Pony 135 models is replaced by a holder on the camera's back providing a place for Kodak film EV cards. The camera's redesigned top has a very different "late 1950s" look.
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The Kodak Pony II originally sold for $26.75 USD<ref name="huffy49"/>  (app. $204 USD in 2009).
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==Pony IV==
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* Production: 1957-1961
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* Film format: 135
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* Shutter: Kodak Flash 250 B, 1.30 - 1/250 (M and X sync)
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* Lens: Kodak Anastar 44mm f/3.5 - f/22
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This camera was the zenith of Kodak's Pony line. The rigidly mounted lens is similar to the Pony II, but is nearly one-half stop faster. The four speed (plus bulb) shutter is calibrated in the more modern scale (1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250th second).  It is the only Pony model to feature an accessory shoe. The camera back mounted film card holder is similar to the Pony II. Flash synchronization is both X and M. M sync is provide through the normal Kodalite connectors on the camera's left side.  X sync requires an obscure Kodalite adapter.
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In a well intentioned but probably unsuccessful attempt by Kodak to avoid scaring the customer with technical details, the top of the lens mount is marked with somewhat unique lens numbers (3.5 to 9 in half steps) and shutter numbers (5 to 8 in whole steps). These numbers are related to EV ([[exposure value]]s) numbers in that summing the lens and shutter values in use provides the EV number of that particular setting. That EV number can then be referenced to the (now rare) EV cards for each Kodak film type or to an appropriately marked exposure meter.  Fortunately for all concerned, conventional  shutter speeds and f/stops are somewhat inconveniently displayed on the underside of the lens mount. Engraved upside down, they can be read by rotating the lens towards one's self while holding the camera at chest level. Their use while the camera is mounted on a tripod is problematical, to say the least.   
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The Anastar lens on the Pony IV utilizes components containing Thorium oxide, which results in a very high refractive index of the glass. Thorium is [[Radioactive lenses|radioactive]], and these lenses easily register on a Geiger counter (at app. 1 mr/hr). It is suspected that the lenses on the other Pony cameras share this trait, as do the lenses on the Signet 40, 80, the high end Instamatics, certain Ektars, and doubtlessly other Kodak lenses from this era.
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The Kodak Pony IV originally sold for $40 USD<ref name="huffy49"/>  (app. $305 USD in 2009).
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== References ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.daniel.mitchell.name/cameras/pony/pony.html Repair Notes]
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* [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=pony Repair Notes] at [http://pheugo.com/cameras/index.php?page=default Dan Daniel's Camera Collecting and Restoration]
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* [http://www.licm.org.uk/livingImage/Kodak_Pony-135.html Pony 135] on [http://www.licm.org.uk/livingImage/Foyer.html the Living Image museum]
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* [http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/_menus/menu-Ponies.html Pony menu] on the [http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/ Nancy & Walker Mangum's Kodak Collectors page]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306023905/http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/aa13/aa13.pdf History of Kodak Cameras at Kodak's website] (archived)
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=313 Pony 135], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=797 Pony II], [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=842 Pony 135 french] and [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=676 Pony flash] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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* Original Kodak user manuals for the Pony 135 Model B, Pony II, and Pony IV
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* Manuals on [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Mike Butkus' site]:
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** [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_pony/kodak_pony.htm Pony 828]
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** [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_pony_ii/kodak_pony_ii.htm Pony II]
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** [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_pony_iv/kodak_pony_iv.htm Pony IV]
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== Bibliography ==
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=== Original documents ===
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* Brian Coe, ''Kodak Cameras - The First Hundred Years'',  Hove Foto Books, 1988
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[[Category:Bakelite]]
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[[Category:Kodak|Pony 828]]
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[[Category:P|Pony 828 Kodak]]
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[[Category:Bestiary|Pony 828]]
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[[Category: 828 film]]
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[[Category:35mm viewfinder]]

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The Kodak Pony cameras are a series of Bakelite bodied small format cameras designed by Arthur H Crapsey for Kodak. They were slotted into the Kodak lineup between the roll film Brownie and the 35mm Signet series. Like the Brownie series cameras, the Pony cameras lack rangefinders and have simple viewfinders.

Like the Signet series, they feature Kodak's better glass lenses, the 3 element Anastons and the four element Anastars (all with front element focusing). Also like the Signets, they have variable speed (except for the Pony II), manually cocked Kodak synchronized shutters. A shutter release/film advance interlock (with bypass switch) prevents double exposures.

They all use 35mm film (again, like the Signets), though, technically, the Pony 828 uses roll film, albeit in 35mm width. Knobs are used for film advance and rewind. Similar Pony cameras, with Angenieux lenses, were made by Kodak France.

Pony 828

  • Production: 1949-1959
  • Film format: 828, 28x40mm frames
  • Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/8 - 1/200
  • Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22



The Kodak Pony 828 was the first Kodak Pony. Its 3 element front element focusing lens is mounted in a collapsible lens mount. It has a film reminder dial on the top cover.

The Kodak Pony 828 originally sold for $30 USD[1] (app. $270 USD in 2009).

Pony 135

  • Production: 1950-1954
  • Film format: 135, 24x35mm frames
  • Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200 (M sync only)
  • Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22

The Pony 135 is similar to the Pony 828. It uses the same lens/shutter combination mounted on a tube that can be collapsed into the camera body when not in use.

The Kodak Pony 135 originally sold for $34.75 USD[1] (app. $310 USD in 2009).

Kodak Pathé Pony 135

  • Production: 1956 ?
  • Film format: 135
  • Shutter: Kodak 1/25 - 1/150, flash sync.
  • Lens: Angénieux 45mm Kodak Anastigmat F:3.5 f/4.5 - f/16


Pony 135 Model B

  • Production: 1953-1955
  • Film format: 135
  • Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200 (M sync only)
  • Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22

The camera's front panel is embossed with the words "Model B" in script. Other differences from the first model are apparently minimal.

The Kodak Pony Model B originally sold for $36.75 USD[1] (app. $295 USD in 2009).



Pony 135 Model C

  • Production: 1955-1958
  • Film format: 135
  • Shutter: Kodak Flash 300 1/25 - 1/300 (M sync only)
  • Lens: Kodak Anaston 44mm f/3.5 - f/22

The Pony 135 Model C features a faster shutter and a shorter focal length lens in a rigid mount, carried on a body made of red/brown Bakelite. The aperture scale is marked both with f-numbers and weather conditions for Kodachrome and Ektachrome.

The Kodak Pony Model C originally sold for $33.75 USD[1] (app. $270 USD in 2009).



Pony II

  • Production: 1957-1962
  • Film format: 135
  • Shutter: Single Speed (M sync only)
  • Lens: Kodak Anastar 44mm f3.9 EV 9.5 - 15

A very enigmatic camera, the Pony II utilizes Kodak's higher quality Anastar lens (4 elements in 3 groups, similar to a Tessar but with the rear element group reversed) in a rigid mount, but has only a single shutter speed. The lens lacks traditional f/stops, but instead is marked with EV or exposure values. The aperture diaphragm has only four blades. The top mounted film reminder dial of the Pony 135 models is replaced by a holder on the camera's back providing a place for Kodak film EV cards. The camera's redesigned top has a very different "late 1950s" look.

The Kodak Pony II originally sold for $26.75 USD[1] (app. $204 USD in 2009).


Pony IV

  • Production: 1957-1961
  • Film format: 135
  • Shutter: Kodak Flash 250 B, 1.30 - 1/250 (M and X sync)
  • Lens: Kodak Anastar 44mm f/3.5 - f/22

This camera was the zenith of Kodak's Pony line. The rigidly mounted lens is similar to the Pony II, but is nearly one-half stop faster. The four speed (plus bulb) shutter is calibrated in the more modern scale (1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250th second). It is the only Pony model to feature an accessory shoe. The camera back mounted film card holder is similar to the Pony II. Flash synchronization is both X and M. M sync is provide through the normal Kodalite connectors on the camera's left side. X sync requires an obscure Kodalite adapter.


In a well intentioned but probably unsuccessful attempt by Kodak to avoid scaring the customer with technical details, the top of the lens mount is marked with somewhat unique lens numbers (3.5 to 9 in half steps) and shutter numbers (5 to 8 in whole steps). These numbers are related to EV (exposure values) numbers in that summing the lens and shutter values in use provides the EV number of that particular setting. That EV number can then be referenced to the (now rare) EV cards for each Kodak film type or to an appropriately marked exposure meter. Fortunately for all concerned, conventional shutter speeds and f/stops are somewhat inconveniently displayed on the underside of the lens mount. Engraved upside down, they can be read by rotating the lens towards one's self while holding the camera at chest level. Their use while the camera is mounted on a tripod is problematical, to say the least.

The Anastar lens on the Pony IV utilizes components containing Thorium oxide, which results in a very high refractive index of the glass. Thorium is radioactive, and these lenses easily register on a Geiger counter (at app. 1 mr/hr). It is suspected that the lenses on the other Pony cameras share this trait, as do the lenses on the Signet 40, 80, the high end Instamatics, certain Ektars, and doubtlessly other Kodak lenses from this era.

The Kodak Pony IV originally sold for $40 USD[1] (app. $305 USD in 2009).


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 History of Kodak Cameras at www.kodak.com

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Bibliography

Original documents

  • Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras - The First Hundred Years, Hove Foto Books, 1988