A Kodet plate camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1894 - 1897
Materials
Wood, Leather, Brass, Glass
Measurements
135 x 170 x 268 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524781.1.1
Summary
A Kodet plate camera. The body is wooden covered in black leather and the bellow is also black leather. The baseboard has a rotating viewfinder and a focussing scale. The lens in mounted in a brass barrel with three aperure settings from fixed disc orifices. There is a simple shutter and the only marking is on the front plate reading 'Made by the Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.'. At the rear is a flap giving access for focussing and a chamber for storing 3 double 4x5 plate holders There are two tripod mounts and a leather carrying handle.
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