A Kodak No 3A Autographic folding rollfilm camera, Model B5
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1914
Materials
Measurements
248 x 128 x 210 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524490
Summary
A Kodak No 3A Autographic folding rollfilm camera, Model B5 fitted with Bausch and Lomb lens. Patent numbers are stamped on inside rear. Body of the camera is metal covered with leatherette and the bellows is black leather. The shutter has T,B and five speed settings. Aperture range f4-f64. On the lens mount is printed a guide to aperture use: 'shadow,moving objects, near view portraits, Average views, Distant views, Marine, Clouds, Snow'. The mount also has 'Made by Eastman Kodak, Rochester, USA'. On the manufacturer's plate it has 'Kodak pat May 7, 1907 Automatic'. The lens is marked 'Rapid Rectilinear, Bausch and Lomb Optical Co' There is a bright viewfinder with a spirit level. The lens is capable of changed alignment and the lower plate says 'Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA.'
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
Eastman Kodak Co , manufacturer Bausch and Lomb Opt. Co, manufacturer