Description

Kodak "No. 1 Autographic Jr." Camera "This is not the 1A Model" Focus, Point, Click, Shoot 120 Film No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. (model A, c.1917) [1] image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights) No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. is a medium format film folding bed camera made by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA and produced between 1914-27 with quantity 800.000+ units. This camera is a rare model and offered many lens/shutter combinations. There are Special models of Autographic Jr. cameras with various lenses, shutters and/or improved features or superior finish. [2] This camera is a rare model and offered many lens/shutter combinations. There are Special models of Autographic Jr. cameras with various lenses, shutters and/or improved features or superior finish. [2] Film: A-120 roll "Autographic"; picture size: 6x9cm Engraving on the hand grip: Kodak Plate on front of the lens standard: No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. [3] Lens: Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear. [4] Aperture: US stops: 4 - 64 (equal to f/8-f/32); setting: lever and scale on the shutter, no click stops Focusing: Fixed focus, pull-out the bellows until it clicks Shutter: Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter, leaf type; speeds: 1/25, 1/50, +B & T The shutter blades are on front of the lens; setting: lever and scale on top of the shutter Cocking and Shutter release: by the same lever on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once then release the lever, the shutter cocks, opens and closes Cable release socket: on the shutter Viewfinder: Waist level brilliant view finder, folds up when the camera closed, turning left on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the lens standard Winding lever: on the right side of the camera Bellows: single extension Bellows opening: front cover opens by a knob on the left upper side of the camera, under the covering, then pull-out the bellows by engaging its rails until it clicks and stops Closing: simply pull-in the bellows by pressing the latch on the right lover side of the lens standard, front cover closes by pressing the struts Back cover: removable, opens by pressing the latches on the two sides, w/ red window Autographic: there is an aperture on the back cover with a spring lid and a nice chrome stylus, which allows to write the data on the film back paper Relief on the lid: Use Autographic Film No. A-120