Kodak No 5 Folding Kodet camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1895-1897 in New York

No 5 Folding Kodet camera, 1895-1897, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 5 x 7 plates or roll film. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating disc with four apertures, built in Kodet shutter, adjustable slow to fast I/T. Sliding focus, sliding rising and cross front, rotating reflecting finder on the baseboard with Eastman roll holder for 7 inch rollfilm, with exposure counter No 534. With ground glass screen, camera no 592. Overall (deployed): 190 mm x 230 mm x 344 mm.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/1373
Materials:
glass, wood (unidentified), mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and cardboard
Measurements:
overall (deployed): 190 mm x 230 mm x 344 mm,
type:
plate camera, folding bellows camera and stand camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford