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| − | The '''Pocket [[Kodak]]''' is a small leather-covered wooden box camera made from 1895 to 1900. It used the No.102 roll film that was specially made for it with a spool that had geared teeth on one end. Image size was | + | The '''Pocket [[Kodak]]''' is a small leather-covered wooden box camera made from 1895 to 1900. It used the No.102 roll film that was specially made for it with a spool that had geared teeth on one end. Image size was 35×50mm. The Tisdell sector shutter has a single lever for cocking and firing the shutter, later changed to a rotary shutter. The reflecting viewfinder shows a circular image, changed to a rectangle in 1896. Early cameras had red leather covering, later ones black leather. |
Four variations are listed in Coe <REF name="Coe">Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5)</REF> pages 28-30 and McKeown <ref>{{McKeown12}}</ref> page 513. | Four variations are listed in Coe <REF name="Coe">Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5)</REF> pages 28-30 and McKeown <ref>{{McKeown12}}</ref> page 513. | ||
Revision as of 00:04, 10 January 2013
The Pocket Kodak is a small leather-covered wooden box camera made from 1895 to 1900. It used the No.102 roll film that was specially made for it with a spool that had geared teeth on one end. Image size was 35×50mm. The Tisdell sector shutter has a single lever for cocking and firing the shutter, later changed to a rotary shutter. The reflecting viewfinder shows a circular image, changed to a rectangle in 1896. Early cameras had red leather covering, later ones black leather.
Four variations are listed in Coe [1] pages 28-30 and McKeown [2] page 513.
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| Early 1896 Pocket Kodak with 102 film image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
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| showing sector shutter image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Brian Coe, Kodak Cameras, the First Hundred Years (Hove, UK: Hove Foto Books, 1988; ISBN 0-906447-44-5)
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover).
