A Kodak No 3A folding roll-film camera model B4.
Kodak Canada
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908
Materials
Metal, Leather, Wood
Measurements
240 x 120 x 48 mm
Place of origin
Toronto
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524460.1
Summary
A Kodak No 3A folding roll-film camera model B4. The camera is metal covered in black leather with red leather bellows, a ball bearing shutter, apertures range from F4 to F128. Black leather handle. There are four shutter settings: T, B, 25 and 5000. Wooden insets. Markings: Manufacturers plate bears 'Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd. Toronto Canada'. Lens is marked Eastman Kodak Rochester New York. Distance scale plate to govern focus on bottom right of hinged cover plate. Rotating brilliant finder with cover. Patent numbers can be found on inside of cover. Thought to have been owned by Cecil Beaton.
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Kodak Canada, manufacturer