Vest Pocket Kodak Model B folding-bed camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1925 - 1934
Materials
Metal, Textile, Glass, Leather
Measurements
Closed size 125 x 64 x 25 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524626
Summary
Vest Pocket Kodak Model B folding-bed camera. For 127 rollfilm. Metal body covered in green fabric. Black leather bellows. Meniscus lens. Rotary shutter. A sliding latch releases the back, a feature introduced in 1928. The complete folding section, including the bed, is formed as a single piece that then fits into the rollfilm back. The two have to be separated to load and remove the film. Sliding section in back cover for autographic feature.
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