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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 exposure number indicator. That was possible since | + | 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 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 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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*[http://www.boxcameras.com/bullet-bullseye.html Bullet vs. Bulls-Eye] at BoxCameras.com [http://www.boxcameras.com]] | *[http://www.boxcameras.com/bullet-bullseye.html Bullet vs. Bulls-Eye] at BoxCameras.com [http://www.boxcameras.com]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/item29.htm No. 2 Bulls-Eye] at Museum of the History of Science, Oxford [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras] | ||
| + | *[http://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_bulls-eye/kodak_bulls-eye.htm manual] at Michael Butkus Jr.'s [http://www.cameramanuals.org] | ||
[[Category:Box|Bulls-Eye]] | [[Category:Box|Bulls-Eye]] | ||
[[Category:1890-1899|Bulls-Eye]] | [[Category:1890-1899|Bulls-Eye]] | ||
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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 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 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.
links
- Bullet vs. Bulls-Eye at BoxCameras.com [1]]
- No. 2 Bulls-Eye at Museum of the History of Science, Oxford [2]
- manual at Michael Butkus Jr.'s [3]
