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* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=wWxoAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=camera+inassignee:kodak&as_drrb_ap=b&as_minm_ap=1&as_miny_ap=1935&as_maxm_ap=9&as_maxy_ap=1937&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1 Bullet design patent] by Walter Dorwin Teague | * [http://www.google.com/patents?id=wWxoAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=camera+inassignee:kodak&as_drrb_ap=b&as_minm_ap=1&as_miny_ap=1935&as_maxm_ap=9&as_maxy_ap=1937&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1 Bullet design patent] by Walter Dorwin Teague | ||
− | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ | + | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=308 Bullet] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_deco Wikipedia: Art Déco] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_deco Wikipedia: Art Déco] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dorwin_Teague Wikipedia: Walter Dorwin Teague] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dorwin_Teague Wikipedia: Walter Dorwin Teague] |
Revision as of 00:58, 17 March 2012
Kodak Bullet image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
This small 127 (4 × 6 1/2 cm) camera from 1936 is a fine example of the Art Deco design motifs of the era. It is part of a family of Kodak models styled by Walter Dorwin Teague, together with the Kodak Baby Brownie and Kodak Bantam.
The design of the Bakelite Kodak Bullet is very simple. A helicoid lens barrel can retract into the body; the shutter release lever sits alongside the simple meniscus lens. To change the film, the entire back is removed. Two versions exist: one with a sliding catch on one side and a corresponding (but not functional) catch-bar on the other; the second version omits this decorative bar.
The Bullet name was reused later, as the Brownie Bullet.
Links
- Bullet design patent by Walter Dorwin Teague
- Bullet at Sylvain Halgand's collection d'appareils
- Wikipedia: Art Déco
- Wikipedia: Walter Dorwin Teague
Kodak Bullet, closed image by jgs4309976 (Image rights) |