Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos

    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos
    Pocket Kodak Camera 1896 with manual and photos

The Pocket Kodak camera is a small wooden box covered with leather made from 1895 to 1900. He used the film roll No.102 that was made especially for him with a reel that had ratchet teeth at one end. The image size was 35 × 50mm. The camera came factory loaded with a roll of exposure, but not threaded ready for use. Tisdell shutter industry has a single lever to cock and fire the shutter, which later becomes a rotating shutter. The reflective display shows a circular image converted into rectangle 1896 (Pocket Kodak '96 model). The first cameras had a red leather cover, rear black leather. The camera could also be used with plates and had to be loaded and unloaded in the dark. False slid back out and a single metal plate holder was inserted instead. The legendary slogan of the moment, getting out his"" kodak Camera"" developed by Kodak was"" You Press the button, we do the rest"" with which hawked their development system in which the user received the camera with 100 shots and, after following these, the camera was returned to Kodak (or authorized regular store) and gave him back again loaded, plus the images revealed. It was not a cheap, but comfortable! The Pocket Kodak 1895 was sold for $ 5. The advertising slogan used to popularize the camera was"" Big Pictures From a Little Camera"" (great photos of a small camera) apart from the emblem used previously by other Kodak cameras"" One Button Does It, You Press It"" (a button it does everything, you just have to press it). In addition, the announcement of the Kodak Pocket claimed that 7 The customer could keep the camera in your pocket. Only he weighed 5 ounces. Pictures taken could be enlarged in larger formats without problem. He could be recharged with celluloid film or glass panels in full light of day. Stated that it was not a toy, but a complete Kodak small scale. He emphasized that had the same value as a camera 75 $. It could be used on tripods or by hand. The camera package included a very detailed manual for this. In addition, the announcement incorporating a photograph of the camera by hand, testing thus far reduced the camera. This camera was focused on amateur users (who were not interested in technical advances and artistic photography), and somewhat helped popularize photography. Photographs shot by the Pocket Kodak used to be scoped familiar.8

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  • Dating: 1896
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