Kodak Hawk-Eye No 2 Folding Film Pack Camera.
Eastman Kodak Co
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1923
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
Size closed 110 x 74 x 42 mm
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524815.1
Summary
Kodak Hawk-Eye No 2 Folding Film Pack Camera in brown canvas case. Square cornered metal body with black crackle finish paint. Black leather bellows. Meniscus achromatic lens and Hawk-Eye shutter. For 2¼" x 3¼" exposures on film packs. Markings: Shutter is marked with Eastman Kodak brand logo and printed: "Hawk-Eye Shutter" and there follow patent details. On a plate fixed to the base of the standard is printed: "No.2 Folding Film Pack Hawk-Eye. Use Film Pack No. 520". Two tripod bushes - on side and baseplate.
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