Vest Pocket Kodak

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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