No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak

model B2, 1903, B&L Rapid Rectilinear lens in a B&L Automat shutter	model B4, 1909, B&L Rapid Rectilinear lens in a Kodak Ball Bearing shutter	model C, 1909, B&L Rapid Rectilinear f4 lens in a Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter on moveable lens board
images by Bill Strong (Image rights)

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The No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak was a folding bed camera for making exposures in 3¼×5½ inch postcard format on type No. 122 rollfilm. It was introduced by Kodak in 1903 and made until 1915. Variants were B, B2, B3, B4, B5, C and G. Early variants were expensive and had for example a combination of Kodak Automatic shutter and Rapid Rectilinear lens of Bausch & Lomb. Later moderately priced variants got the Ball Bearing Shutter. Both shutters were still for pneumatic remote operation or release by lever. A glass plate adapter was available for the camera. A later expensive variant had a Compound shutter with Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat.

The production of cameras for that format was continued until 1943 (No. 3A Kodak Series III).

Links

• early No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak Camera at Scott's Photographica Collection [1]
• postcard format at Scott's Photographica Collection [2]
• Kodak 3A Camera Manual : Photo-Manuals.com by Ben Squire

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