No 3 Zenith camera model 1899
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
No 3 Zenith camera model of 1899, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates or roll film. Achromatic lens fitted. Sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, rack and pinion focusing, two reflecting finders, with rollfilm holder no 408. Overall: 140 mm x 120 mm x 240 mm. This camera was a version of Kodak's Eureka camera made for the UK market only (where the name Eureka was alreay in use for cameras made by Rouch & Co). Only about 2,000 of these cameras were produced.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1550
- Materials:
- glass, wood (unidentified), leatherette, leather, bone and white metal
- Measurements:
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overall: 140 mm x 120 mm x 240 mm,
- type:
- box camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
