Kodak No. 1

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The Kodak No. I was Kodak's first camera for roll film. It had been developed by Frank A. Brownell. The film of that costly wooden box camera without viewfinder had to be replaced in the factory. A hundred hundred round negatives with a diameter of 65mm found place on one film roll.

  • type: box camera
  • Manufacturer: Kodak
  • Years of production: 1888-1889
  • price: US$25 (quite expensive at that time)
  • Films: paper film rolls
  • Lens: Bausch & Lomb 75mm (some sources say 27mm) f/9 wide angle lens
  • Shutter: Speeds up to 1/25 sec.
  • Weight: 900 g
  • Dimensions: 8.3×9.6×16.5cm

Links

In German: [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak_No._1 Kodak No. 1} (German Wikipedia)