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Camera
- Description
- Camera is enclosed within a black square box with a handle on top. The camera has red bellows.
- Title
- Kodak No 4. Cartridge
- Manufacturer
- Kodak
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION
- Sub-Category
- PHOTOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Start Date
- 1897
- End Date
- 1907
- Description
- Camera is enclosed within a black square box with a handle on top. The camera has red bellows.
- History Of Use
- The Kodak No. 4 Cartridge Camera was a camera for the more advanced amateur photographer because it had some settings, like horizontal and vertical shift of the lens board, that were of no use to the snap-shooter. Several lens and shutter combinations were offered for this camera, which ranged from the simple Rapid Rectilinear Lens and Triple Action Shutter to a high quality Bausch & Lomb Zeiss Tessar, with a Volute shutter.
Cartridge Kodaks were primarily daylight loading roll film cameras, but all of them could be transformed into glass plate cameras by exchanging the roll film back panel with a plate back. The plate back option made it easier to persuade photographers who had their doubts about switching from glass plate to roll film technology.
Despite its advanced functions and glass plate back option, the Cartridge Kodak was also a suitable camera for amateurs and even tourists. It was possible to take a snap-shot with it because the proper distance could be set on a scale on the base board, and the camera could be aimed with the help of the small reflex finders. It could also be held in your hand while taking the picture. It was advertised as a cyclist’s camera and several styles of bicycle cases were offered.
The No. 4 Cartridge Kodak was the most successful of the range. More than 90,000 were produced from 1897 to 1907.
- Accession No.
- 2013.24.108
- Model Name or No.
- No. 4
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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