Kodak No. 1

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The Kodak No. I was George Eastman's first Kodak camera, a box 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 round negatives with a diameter of 65mm found place on one roll of Eastman American Film.

  • 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: Kodak No. 1 (German Wikipedia)

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