I came across this
photo on a blog and it suggested it was taken around 1900. Gosh, I thought, surely the bellows cameras
weren’t that old. But apparently they
are. The Goddess Wiki says –
· Early 1890s: The first folding Kodak
cameras were introduced. These were equipped with folding bellows that
permitted much greater compactness.
· 1895: The first pocket Kodak camera,
the $5 Pocket Kodak, was introduced. It was of the box form type, slipping easily
into an ordinary coat pocket, and producing negatives
1½ x 2 inches.
· 1897: The first folding pocket Kodak
camera was introduced, and was mentioned in the novel ‘Dracula’.
My Mum used a Brownie...
This (or something very similar) was the first camera I used...
The first camera I used was a Kodak Instamatic with one of those cube flashcubes on the top, did you have those?
ReplyDeleteIt was 1966, my little sister was a baby and the music was great!
I didn't have an Instamatic. I think I had moved on to a Zenith SLR by then. I even got a telephoto lens in summer 1966 - and I spent four weeks in hospital listening to the radio all day long. I think I can hum along to every song from that year! I won't sing for you, the cat would schreech and the birds would fly away from the garden.
DeleteMy first camera was a Kodak, which I won in a school competition. I then moved on to a Vivitar. They were both 110 film cameras.
ReplyDeleteI love reading about the history of everyday objects.
I think - memories are vague at times - but I think I inherited a 35mm Vivitar from GB before moving on to my Zenith.
DeleteYes I think you did indeed CJ although I've got a feeling that that was a lens. Could the camera have been a Voigtlander? My first SLR was the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic (I think the Spotmatic was the first one). Such a long time ago.
DeleteEnjoyed this! The fascination with cameras around 1900 seems to be popping up everywhere lately.
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