Kodak No 3 Cartridge camera Model E
Kodak
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1907
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass, Plastic
Measurements
(Camera closed) 160 x 190 x 82 mm
Place of origin
United States
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524819.1
Summary
Kodak No 3 Cartridge camera Model E 3¼" x 4¼" smallest of series of early cartridge using 119 rollfilm. Leather covered wooden body with fold down front that forms the baseboard for the lens standard. Primarily designed for rollfilm, but plate adapters were also available. Two brilliant finders; handle fixed to top carrying the name of the camera embossed. maroon leather tapered bellows with small ring mid-way on top locking rising front, Kodak automatic shutter, rapid rectilinear lens, two spirit levels, two brilliant finders, rack and pinion focusing adjustment. Capable of using glass plates or 12 exposures on No. 119 roll film without reloading, taking images 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches in size. Tripod bush on base and side Markings Plastic distance markings on baseplate embossed manufacturers marking and camera No 3 on handle Name on manufacturers plate
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Handle: Embossed mark "Eastman Kodak Co. No 3 Cartridge Kodak. Roschester USA"
Makers and roles
Kodak, manufacturer