Difference between revisions of "Vest Pocket Kodak"
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*[http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mE13000637_ful.html Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak] | *[http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mE13000637_ful.html Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak] | ||
*[http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/VPKB-1.html Vest Pocket Kodak Model B] | *[http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/VPKB-1.html Vest Pocket Kodak Model B] | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/kodak/html/vest_pocket.php Vest Pocket Autographic and Crystal Japan] at www.collection-appareils.com | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/kodak/html/vest_pocket_special.php Vest Pocket Special] at www.collection-appareils.com | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/kodak/html/vest_pocket_B.php Vest Pocket B] at www.collection-appareils.com | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/kodak/html/vest_pocket_serie_III.php Vest pocket serie III] at www.collection-appareils.com | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/album_notices/Kodak_vp/index.html Vest pocket manual] | ||
+ | * [http://www.collection-appareils.com/album_notices/Kodak_Vest_Pocket/index.html Vest pocket autographic manual] | ||
[[Category:Kodak]] | [[Category:Kodak]] | ||
[[Category:127 film]] | [[Category:127 film]] |
Revision as of 10:41, 12 April 2007
Vest Pocket Kodak, Model B |
The Vest Pocket Kodak was a bestselling folding camera, of which 1.8 million were made and sold by Eastman Kodak (Rochester), from 1912 to 1926. It had a 1:6.8/72mm single meniscus lens.
The Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak was a version advertised as "Soldier's camera" during WWI It was manufactured from 1915 to 1926. The camera back had an area through which notes could be written onto the paper backing of the 127 film, a feature invented by Henry J. Gaisman. It had a Kodak Anastigmatic f/7.7 lens.
The Vest Pocket Kodak Model B was a later model, designed to make 4.5×6cm exposures on 127 film. Its lens was a doublet in a rotary shutter, or a Kodak Periscopic lens in a Kodak shutter. It was produced from 1925 to 1934 and cost $7.50. In the version Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak Model B it too had the "autographic" feature.
"Hawk-Eye" versions of the Vest Pocket Kodaks were premium models, and the "Special" models had more sophisticated lens/shutter combinations.
Links
- Vest Pocket Kodak
- Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak
- Vest Pocket Kodak Model B
- Vest Pocket Autographic and Crystal Japan at www.collection-appareils.com
- Vest Pocket Special at www.collection-appareils.com
- Vest Pocket B at www.collection-appareils.com
- Vest pocket serie III at www.collection-appareils.com
- Vest pocket manual
- Vest pocket autographic manual