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+ | The '''No. 2 Bulls-Eye''' was introduced in 1892 by the [[Boston Camera Manufacturing Company]]. It was the first [[rollfilm]] camera with a [[red window]] as the exposure number indicator. That was possible since rollfilm was paper-backed. Maybe the [[Orthochromatic|red-blindness]] of early film material was the reason to choose red as the color of that window. Kodak copied the camera as No. 2 Bullet camera in 1895, and paid a patent license fee to the original manufacturer for the red window patent. Later Kodak took over the other camera maker. "Bulls-Eye" became a camera brand of Eastman Kodak. | ||
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+ | The '''No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special''' was a higher-quality variant of the No. 2. It had a [[Rapid Rectilinear]] lens of [[Bausch & Lomb]], an iris [[diaphragm]] and a Kodak "Triple action" [[shutter]]. | ||
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− | | image_text=No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special in ad of 1898 | + | | scan_by=Uwe Kulick |
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+ | | image_text=No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special in ad of 1898<br/> | ||
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| image_text=[[Kodak]] No. 2 Bulls-Eye | | image_text=[[Kodak]] No. 2 Bulls-Eye | ||
− | + | |image_by= Rick Soloway | |
+ | |image_rights= with permission | ||
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+ | |image_text= No. 2 Bulls-Eye Model D insert showing [[Eastman Rotary Shutter]] c.1900 | ||
+ | |image_by= Geoff Harrisson | ||
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− | == | + | ==Links== |
− | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/item29.htm No. 2 Bulls-Eye] at [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras Museum of the History of Science, Oxford] |
− | + | *[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_bulls-eye/kodak_bulls-eye.htm manual] at [http://www.cameramanuals.org Michael Butkus Jr.'s] | |
− | *[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_bulls-eye/kodak_bulls-eye.htm manual] at | + | *[http://www.vieilalbum.com/BullsEyeSpecialUS.htm N°2 Bull's Eye Special camera] at [http://www.vieilalbum.com The Old Album] |
− | *[http://www.vieilalbum.com/BullsEyeSpecialUS.htm N°2 Bull's Eye Special camera] at | + | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=813 N°2 Bull-Eye] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French) |
− | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ | ||
[[Category:Eyes|Bulls-Eye]] | [[Category:Eyes|Bulls-Eye]] | ||
+ | [[Category:N|No.2 Bulls-Eye Boston Camera Manufacturing Company]] | ||
+ | [[Category:B|Bulls-Eye No.2 Boston Camera Manufacturing Company]] | ||
[[Category:Box|Bulls-Eye]] | [[Category:Box|Bulls-Eye]] | ||
[[Category:1890-1899|Bulls-Eye]] | [[Category:1890-1899|Bulls-Eye]] | ||
+ | [[Category:101 film]] |
Latest revision as of 07:51, 13 January 2024
The No. 2 Bulls-Eye was introduced in 1892 by the Boston Camera Manufacturing Company. It was the first rollfilm camera with a red window as the exposure number indicator. That was possible since rollfilm was paper-backed. Maybe the red-blindness of early film material was the reason to choose red as the color of that window. Kodak copied the camera as No. 2 Bullet camera in 1895, and paid a patent license fee to the original manufacturer for the red window patent. Later Kodak took over the other camera maker. "Bulls-Eye" became a camera brand of Eastman Kodak.
The No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special was a higher-quality variant of the No. 2. It had a Rapid Rectilinear lens of Bausch & Lomb, an iris diaphragm and a Kodak "Triple action" shutter.
No. 2 Bulls-Eye Special in ad of 1898 scanned by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Kodak No. 2 Bulls-Eye image by Rick Soloway (Image rights) |
No. 2 Bulls-Eye Model D insert showing Eastman Rotary Shutter c.1900 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |