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I decided to dump another photography site of mine that was living on a subdomain, but I didn’t want all the postings to go away. So, I’m in process of moving them over to this site.

The Kodak No. 2-A Folding Autographic Brownie was made from 1915 through 1926 and originally cost $13.00. In 1917 the ends were changed from a squared end to a rounded end, which makes the sample pictures below from a post-1917 camera. The 2-A takes 116 film.

The Kodak Jiffy Six-20 was sold from 1933 to 1937. It uses 620 film and originally sold for $6.75. The lens is a Twindar and has two focusing options – 5 to 10 feet & beyond 10 feet.
This particular model is the “Art Deco” version, which differs from the base model in that [...]

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Pocket Model C was manufactured from 1912 through 1915 and originally cost $20.00. It uses 122 film with shutter speeds of T, B, 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100. The front lens element can shift and rise.
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Also called the Hollywood Sportsman, this camera was made around 1947. The viewing lens is fixed-focus and the taking lens focuses.
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This is from a weekend houseboat trip I took to Austin last year. I got up early and went to take photographs of the sunlight on the boats and saw this as I stepped out onto the dock.

The Kodak Vigilant Six-20 was produced from 1939 through 1949. It takes 620 film shooting an image of 6×9cm. This particular model has a 100mm f/8.8 lens with f-stops of f/8.8, f/11, f/16, f/22, and f/32. Shutter speed are 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, Bulb, and T.
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Yesterday Nikon announced that they will be discontinuing all but 2 of their film SLR cameras, calling it ‘reshaping’. This is being done in response to the increase in demand for compact digital cameras and decreased demand for film bodies.

At the CES last week, Kodak introduced a new logo. The new look replaces the look of their traditional yellow film box with a more contemporary look.

Since 1907, the Kodak logo has gone through several changes…