Antique Kodak Camera

George Eastman launched The Vest Pocket Folding Autographic Brownie Kodak camera No. 3A in 1914. Took special roll-films, which had a tissue like carbon paper between the film and the backing paper. A hinged door on the camera uncovered the backing paper, on which exposure details, ect., could be "written" with a metal stylus. It was the first camera to be fitted with a coupled range-finder. An optical unit had, at one end, a window divided into three strips. The field of view, as presented by another window and reflected by a mirror, could be partly seen on the outer two of these strips. The centre strip showed part of a reflection of the field of view as presented by another window and mirror and seen through a strip of glass in the form of a shallow prism, which remained fixed as the lens panel was moved backwards and forwards for focusing. The camera was adjusted until the field of view appeared in an unbroken line across all three strips. A collector's item with historical value.

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