Kodak Pony 828/135

The Kodak Pony cameras are a series of amateur 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 lacked rangefinders and had simple viewfinders; like the Signet series, they featured Kodak's better glass lenses, the 3 element Anastons and the four element Anastars (with front element focusing), and had variable speed Kodak synchronized shutters (except for the Pony II). They all used 35mm film (again, like the Signets), though, technically, the Pony 838 used roll film, albeit in 35mm width.

Pony 135

• Production: 1950-1954
• Film format: 135
• Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200
• Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22

Pony 135 Model B

Pony 135 first model B, 1950-54

• Production: 1953-1955
• Film format: 135
• Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200
• Lens: Kodak Anaston 44mm f/4.5 - f/22

Pony 135 Model C

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

Pony II

• Production: 1957-1962
• Film format: 135
• Shutter: Single Speed
• Lens: Anastar f3.9 EV 9.5 - 15

Pony IV

• Production: 1957-1961
• Film format: 135
• Shutter: Kodak Flash 250 B, 1.30 - 1/250
• Lens: Anastar 44mm f/3.5 - f/16

Pony 828

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

Pony 828

The Kodak Pony 828 and 135 were similar cameras - for 828 roll film and 35mm film - designed by Arthur H Crapsey for Kodak.

The 828 version was in production from 1949 to 1959, and the 135 from 1950 to 1961. There were several style revisions over these periods.

Links

• Repair Notes
• Pony 135 on the Living Image museum
• Pony menu on the Nancy & Walker Mangum's Kodak Collectors page

Bibliography

Original documents

• Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras - The First Hundred Years, Focal Press, 1951