Vest Pocket Kodak
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| Vest Pocket Kodak, Model B |
The Vest Pocket Kodak was a bestselling folding camera, made and sold 1.8 million times by Eastman Kodak Co. Ltd., Rochester, from 1912 to 26. 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 had been manufactured from 1915 to 1926. The camera back had an area through which notes could be written onto the 127 film roll's paper backside, a feature invented by Henry J. Gaisman. It gad a Kodak Anastigmatic f/7.7 lens.
The Vest Pocket Kodak Model B was a the successing camera model, prepared to make 4.5×6cm exposures on 127 film rolls. An "autographic" area in the camera back allowed to write notes on the film's paper backside. Its lens was a Doublet in a Rotary shutter. It had been produced from 1925 to 1934 and did cost 7,50 $.
