Kodak No. 1
The Kodak Camera was George Eastman's first Kodak camera, a box camera for roll film - introduced in 1888. This was the original "point-and-shoot" camera, sold with the slogan "you press the button, we do the rest". The Kodak was camera to popularise ownership by the general public.
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| Later model No. 1 Kodak Camera, 1889-95 |
In use, the shutter was set by pulling a string; the camera was sighted by looking along a V-shape on the top of the camera. After exposure, the key was used to wind the film to the next frame. Once one hundred pictures had been taken, the user sent the whole camera back to Kodak for film processing and reloading - at a cost of $10[1]. A hundred round negatives with a diameter of 65mm came from each roll of Eastman American Film. It had been developed by Frank A. Brownell.
The No.1 Kodak Camera had an improved shutter, made from 1889-1895.
- type: box camera
- Manufacturer: Kodak
- Years of production: 1888-1889 (Kodak); 1889-1895 (no.1)
- price: US$25 (quite expensive at that time)
- Films: paper film rolls - changed by manufacturer
- Lens: Bausch & Lomb 57mm f/9 wide angle lens
- Shutter: string set; cylindrical (Kodak), sector (No.1)
- Weight: 900 g
- Dimensions: 8.3×9.6×16.5cm
Links
In German:
- Kodak No. 1 (German Wikipedia)
In English:
