A No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model G rollfilm camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Metal, Leather
Measurements
205 x 112 x 180 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524526.1
Summary
A No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model G rollfilm camera. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb lens and a ball bearing shutter. The shutter has the settings T,B and 3 speeds up to 1/100. The aperture has (US) sttings 4-128. The lens has a rising front and there is a rotating brilliant viewfinder with cover. The body is metal covered with black leather and the bellows is black leather. There are chrome fittings. The shutter plate has 'EKC' Ball Bearing Patd Jan 18 1910' On the lens mount 'Made by Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY, USA.' On the manufacturer's plate 'Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, USA.' There is a leather carrying handle. Patent dates stamped inside rear.
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