Pocket Kodak

95 Model, first version

1895

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

Image of Pocket Kodak 95 Model, first version

Lens:

c. f10, 65 mm, fixed aperture.

Shutter:

Tisdell sector with separate capping plate. Spring powered. Instantaneous and B settings.

Construction:

Red Morocco covered wood body, the leather is the long grain version.

Format:

12, 1 ½" x 2" exposures on paper-backed roll-film.

Focusing:

Fixed.

Attributes:

Reflecting view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window.
Single lever tensions the shutter by a horizontal movement and releases the shutter by downward pressure.

Identification:

Round view-finder. Shutter fixed to camera. No inscription on spool compartment flaps.

Pocket Kodak

95 Model, second version

1895

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

Image of Pocket Kodak 95 Model, second version

Lens:

c. f10, 65 mm, fixed aperture.

Shutter:

Tisdell sector with separate capping plate. Spring powered. Instantaneous and B settings.

Construction:

Black Morocco covered wood body.

Format:

12, 1 ½" x 2" exposures on paper-backed roll-film.

Focusing:

Fixed.

Attributes:

Reflecting view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window.
Removable shutter panel. Single lever tensions the shutter by a horizontal movement and releases the shutter by downward pressure.

Identification:

Round view-finder.

Notes:

Address: Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd. 115 Oxford St. London. 4 Place Vendome Paris. Marked with patent information: Pat. May 5 1885, Aug 6 1889.

With:

"Pocket Kodak, Part I, Field Primer", instruction book d. Aug 1895.
"Pocket Kodak, Part II, Dark Room Primer", instruction book.

Pocket Kodak

96 Model

1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

Lens:

c. f10, 65 mm 3 sector stops.

Shutter:

Sector, everset type. Spring powered. Instantaneous and B settings.

Construction:

Black Morocco covered wood body.

Format:

12, 1 ½" x 2" exposures on paper-backed roll-film.

Focusing:

Fixed.

Attributes:

Reflecting view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window.

Identification:

Square view-finder.

Notes:

Address: Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd. 115 Oxford St. London. 4 Place Vendome Paris. 91 Markgrafen Str. Berlin. Marked with patent information: Pat. May 5 1885, Dec 1 1891.

With:

"Pocket Kodak Primer", instruction book. The name printed on the cover is Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd. this has been over stamped with Kodak Ltd. 1898.

Pocket Kodak

96 Model

1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

Lens:

c. f10, 65 mm 3 sector stops.

Shutter:

Sector, everset type. Spring powered. Instantaneous and B settings.

Construction:

Black Morocco covered wood body.

Format:

12, 1 ½" x 2" exposures on paper-backed roll-film.

Focusing:

Fixed.

Attributes:

Reflecting view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window.

Identification:

Square view-finder.

Notes:

Address: Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd. 115-117 Oxford St. London. 4 Place Vendome Paris. Eastman Kodak Gesellschaft, M. B. H. 91 Markgrafen Str. Berlin. Marked with patent information: Pat. May 5 1885, Dec 1 1891, Jan 2 1897. Retailer's address in case: Ludwig Scharller. Stuttgart.

With:

Case.

Pocket Kodak

96 Model

1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

Lens:

c. f10, 65 mm 3 sector stops.

Shutter:

Sector, everset type. Spring powered. Instantaneous and B settings.

Construction:

Brown Morocco covered wood body.

Format:

12, 1 ½" x 2" exposures on paper-backed roll-film.

Focusing:

Fixed.

Attributes:

Reflecting view-finder.
Film advance indicated by red window.

Identification:

Square view-finder.

Notes:

Address: Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd. 115-117 Oxford St. London. 4 Place Vendome Paris. Marked with patent information: Pat. May 5 1885, Dec 1 1891. Retailer's address W. Whiteley. 151 Queen's Rd. The leather covering is a distinct brown in colour.

The Pocket Kodak was the first Kodak to use the red window for indicating film advance.

Two versions of the 95 model exist, in the first the shutter was attached to the removable section of the camera, later the shutter was separately mounted on a removable wooden panel. Both models were available in red or black leather and had round view-finders. The shutter had to be tensioned by hand.

The image on the right shows the 95 model shutter.

In the 96 model the earlier shutter was replaced by a Kodak Rotary model. The finder was now rectangular. The finish of the 96 was black Morocco.

The image on the right shows the 96 model shutter.

At the back of the camera is a removable panel that could be replaced by a plate holder.

References & Notes:

BP 24269/1896. Lothrop, Century, p. 72. Coe, Kodak Cameras, p. 28.

Company Details:

Kodak

Early Photography

Pocket Kodak

95 Model, first version

1895

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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1895

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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1896

Eastman Kodak Co.

Rochester

USA

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