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History of KODAK Cameras

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KODAK CAMERAS

CAMERA NAME ON THE MARKET FILM SIZE ORIGINAL
LIST PRICE
FROM TO
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK 1917 Model Camera 1917 1924 116 21.00
No. 3 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Camera 1914 1926 118 41.50
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Camera 1914 1934 122 50.50
No. 1 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera 1914 1927 120 23.00
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera 1914 1927 116 24.00
No. 2C AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera 1916 1927 130 27.00
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Junior Camera 1918 1927 122 29.00
No. 1 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (Bakelite side panels) 1915 1920 120 56.00
No. 1 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (Model B) (Back overlaps sides) Focus by thumb-turned gear. (Only produced for a few months) 1921 1921 120 79.00
No. 1 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (Model B) (knurled screw focusing) 1922 1926 120 74.00
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera 1914 1916 116 59.50
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (w/coupled rangefinder and Bakelite side panels) 1917 1923 116 91.00
No. 1A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera w/coupled rangefinder, Model B (Back overlaps sides) 1923 1926 116 60.00
No. 2C AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera w/coupled rangefinder 1923 1928 130 65.00
No. 3 AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera 1914 1926 118 86.00
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera 1914 1916 122 74.00
No. 3A AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK Special Camera (w/coupled rangefinder) 1916 1934 122 109.50
Boy Scout KODAK Camera (V.P. Model B) 1929 1934 127 6.00
Baby BROWNIE Camera 1934 1941 127 1.00
Export Version BROWNIE 127 Camera 1936 1939 127 --
Baby BROWNIE Special Camera 1939 1954 127 1.25
Export Version BROWNIE Special 127 Camera 1939 -- 127 --
No. 2 Beau BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) 1930 1933 120 4.25
No. 2A Beau BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) 1930 1933 116 5.25
Boy Scout BROWNIE Camera 1932 1932 120 2.00
The BROWNIE Camera 1900 1901 117 1.00
No. 0 BROWNIE Camera 1914 1935 127 1.25
No. 1 BROWNIE Camera 1901 1916 117 1.00
No. 2 BROWNIE Camera 1901 1924 120 2.00
No. 2 BROWNIE Camera (Aluminum, Model F) 1924 1933 120 2.75
No. 2 BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) 1929 1933 120 2.50
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera 1907 1924 116 3.00
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera (Aluminum, Model C) 1924 1933 116 3.75
No. 2A BROWNIE Camera (5 colors) 1929 1933 116 4.00
No. 2C BROWNIE Camera 1917 1934 130 4.00
No. 3 BROWNIE Camera 1908 1934 124 4.00
BROWNIE 127 Camera
(Imported from KLtd.) 		1953 1954 127 4.75
BROWNIE Auto 27 Camera Outfit 1963 1965 127 34.50
BROWNIE BULLET Camera
(Premium version of the BROWNIE Holiday Camera) 		1957 1964 127 [1]
BROWNIE BULLET II Camera 1961 1968 127 4.75
BROWNIE BULLS-EYE Camera (Black model) 1954 1958 620 13.00
BROWNIE BULLS-EYE Camera (Gold model) 1957 1960 620 15.00
BROWNIE FIESTA Camera (Two-tone gray and silver) 1962 1965 127 6.00
BROWNIE FIESTA Camera (Two-tone dark and light blue) 1965 1966 127 6.00
BROWNIE FIESTA R4 Camera 1966 1970 127 9.00
BROWNIE Flash 20 Camera 1959 1962 620 14.00
BROWNIE Flash Six-20 Camera 1946 1955 620 6.00
BROWNIE FLASHMITE 20 Camera 1960 1965 620 15.00
BROWNIE HAWKEYE Camera 1949 1951 620 5.50
BROWNIE HAWKEYE, Flash Model Camera 1950 1961 620 7.00
BROWNIE Holiday Flash Camera 1953 1962 127 5.00
BROWNIE Reflex Camera 1940 1941 127 5.25
BROWNIE Reflex, Synchro Model Camera 1941 1952 127 6.00
BROWNIE Reflex 20 Camera 1959 1966 620 17.00
BROWNIE Six-20 Model D Camera 1953 1954 620 10.00
BROWNIE Special No. 2 Camera 1933 1934 120 2.25
BROWNIE STARFLASH Camera
(black)
(red)
(white)
(blue)
1957
1958
1958
1958
1965
1960
1962
1962
127
127
127
127
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
BROWNIE STARFLASH Camera with Coca Cola Decal 1959 1961 127 [1]
BROWNIE STARFLEX Camera 1957 1964 127 10.00
BROWNIE STARLET Camera (Imported from KLtd.) 1956 1956 127 4.00
BROWNIE STARLET Camera 1957 1962 127 6.00
BROWNIE STARMATIC Camera 1959 1961 127 34.50
BROWNIE STARMATIC II Camera 1961 1963 127 34.50
BROWNIE STARMETER Camera 1960 1965 127 20.00
BROWNIE STARMITE Camera 1960 1963 127 10.50
BROWNIE STARMITE II Camera 1962 1967 127 12.00
BROWNIE Super 27 Camera 1961 1965 127 19.00
BROWNIE Target Six-16 Camera 1946 1951 616 4.00
BROWNIE Target Six-20 Camera 1946 1952 620 3.50
BROWNIE Twin 20 Camera 1959 1964 620 11.00
No. 2 Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera
(Changed from square to round ends in 1917) 		1915 1926 120 12.00
No. 2A Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera
(Changed from square to round ends in 1917) 		1915 1926 116 13.00
No. 2C Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera
(Changed from square to round ends in 1917) 		1916 1926 130 16.00
No. 3A Folding AUTOGRAPHIC BROWNIE Camera 1916 1926 122 18.00
No. 2 Folding Pocket BROWNIE Camera (Model B) 1907 1915 120 5.00
No. 2A Folding Pocket BROWNIE Camera 1910 1915 116 7.00
No. 3 Folding Pocket BROWNIE Camera 1905 1909 124 11.00
Metal Lens Board 1910 1915   11.00
No. 3A Folding BROWNIE Camera 1909 1915 122 12.00
New York World's Fair Baby BROWNIE Camera 1939 1940 127 1.25
Six-16 BROWNIE Camera 1933 1941 616 3.50
Six-16 BROWNIE Junior Camera 1934 1942 616 2.75
Six-16 BROWNIE Special Camera 1938 1942 616 4.50
Six-20 Boy Scout BROWNIE Camera 1933 1934 620 2.25
Six-20 BROWNIE Camera 1933 1941 620 2.50
Six-20 BROWNIE Junior Camera 1934 1942 620 2.25
Six-20 BROWNIE Special Camera 1938 1942 620 4.00
Six-20 BULLS-EYE BROWNIE Camera 1938 1941 620 3.00
Six-20 Flash BROWNIE Camera 1940 1946 620 4.25
No. 2 Stereo BROWNIE Camera 1905 1910 125 12.00
Target BROWNIE Six-16 Camera 1941 1946 616 3.00
Target BROWNIE Six-20 Camera 1941 1946 620 2.75
No. 2 BULLET Camera 1895 1896 101 8.00
No. 2 BULLET Improved Camera 1896 1900 101 or single plate holder 10.00
No. 2 BULLET KODAK Camera
(new Model with brilliant finder) 		1900 1902 101 or double plate holder 10.00
No. 4 BULLET Camera 1896 1900 103 or single plate holder 15.00
No. 2 BULLET Special Camera 1898 1904 101 or double plate holder 18.00
No. 4 BULLET Special KODAK Camera 1898 1900 cartridge roll holder or double plate holder 25.00
No. 4 BULLET Special KODAK Camera, Model C 1901 1904 103 or double plate holder 22.50
No. 2 BULLS-EYE KODAK Camera and Models 1896, 1897, 1898, C and D 1895 1913 101 8.00
No. 3 BULLS-EYE KODAK Camera, Model A 1908 1913 124 8.00
No. 4 BULLS-EYE KODAK Camera, Models 1896, 1897, 1898, C and D 1896 1904 103 12.00
No. 2 BULLS-EYE Special KODAK Camera, Models 1898, 1899, and C 1898 1904 101 15.00
No. 4 BULLS-EYE Special KODAK Camera, Models 1898 and C
(Two different cameras in 1898) 		1898 1904 103 20.00
Camp Fire Girls' KODAK Camera (V.P. Model B) 1931 1934 127 6.00
No. 3 Cartridge KODAK Camera
(metal front slide block focus) 		1900 1900 119 and glass plate adapter 51.00
No. 3 Cartridge KODAK Camera
(metal front slide block focus) (Improved metal front, bed extension, longer bellow and rack pinion focus 1901) 		1901 1907 119 and glass plate adapter 72.00
No. 4 Cartridge KODAK Camera (wood front) 1897 1900 104 and glass plate adapter 66.00
No. 4 Cartridge KODAK Camera
(wood front) (Improved metal front mount, bed extensions, and longer bellows) 		1900 1907 104 and glass plate adapter 82.50
No. 5 Cartridge KODAK Camera (wood front) 1898 1900 115 and glass plate adapter 85.50
No. 5 Cartridge KODAK Camera
(wood front) (Improved metal front mount and bed, bed extension, and longer bellows) 		1900 1907 115 and glass plate adapter 105.00
Century of Progress World's Fair
Souvenir 1833-1933 Camera

"A" Daylight KODAK Camera

"B" Daylight KODAK Camera

"C" Daylight KODAK Camera
1933

1891

1891

1891
1933

1895

1895

1895

120

daylight loading

daylight loading

daylight loading or glass plate adapter
4.00

8.50

15.00

25.00
EASTMAN BULLET Camera 1936 1942 127 2.75
EASTMAN Pinhole Camera 1930 -- sheet film .15
No. 3 EASTMAN Plate Camera Series C 1901 1904 plates 74.50
No. 3 EASTMAN Plate Camera Series D
(Identical to Series C but with 3 1/2-inch longer bellows) 		1901 1904 plates 79.50
No. 4 EASTMAN Plate Camera Series C 1901 1903 plates 76.50
No. 4 EASTMAN Plate Camera Series D
(Identical to Series C but with 3 1/2-inch longer bellows) 		1901 1903 plates 81.50
No. 5 EASTMAN Plate Camera Series D 1902 1903 plates 97.00
No. 2 Eureka Camera 1898 1901 106 with roll holder 4.00
No. 4 Eureka Camera 1899 1901 109 with roll holder 6.00
No. 2 Eureka Junior Camera 1898 1901 plates 2.50
No. 1 Falcon KODAK Camera 1897 1898 special 6.00 (loaded)
No. 2 Falcon KODAK Camera 1897 1899 101 5.00
The Anniversary Camera, or EASTMAN Anniversary Camera 1930 1930   6.00 (loaded)
FISHER-PRICE Camera (made by Kodak) 1984   110 25.00
No. 2 FLEXO KODAK Camera (Replaced No. 2 Falcon) 1899 1913 101 5.00
No. 2 Folding BULLS-EYE Camera 1899 1901 101 10.00
No. 4 Folding KODAK Camera 1890 1892 EASTMAN Walker roll holder 50.00
No. 4 Folding KODAK Camera (Improved camera) 1893 1897 EASTMAN Walker roll holder 50.00
No. 4A Folding KODAK Camera (wood front) 1906 1907 126 103.00
No. 4A Folding KODAK Camera, Model B (Improved metal front) 1908 1915 126 109.50
No. 5 Folding KODAK Camera 1890 1892 EASTMAN Walker roll holder 60.00
No. 5 Folding KODAK Camera (Improved camera) 1893 1897 EASTMAN Walker roll holder 75.00
No. 6 Folding KODAK Camera 1893 1895 EASTMAN Walker roll holder 100.00
No. 0 Folding Pocket Camera (Model A) 1902 1902 121 6.00
No. 0 Folding Pocket Camera (Model B) (w/ctr pins for spools) 1902 1906 121 6.00
Folding Pocket KODAK Camera
(collapsing front, brass fittings) 		1897 1898 105 10.00
Folding Pocket KODAK Camera (nickel fittings) 1898 1899 105 10.00
No. 1 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera
(Model B) (formerly Folding Pocket KODAK Camera w/nickel fittings) 		1899 1905 105 10.00
No. 1 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera (Model C) (w/folding front) 1905 1907 105 10.00
No. 1 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera
(Model D) (improved shutter 1/08) 		1907 1910 105 10.00
No. 1 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera (Model E) 1910 1915 105 10.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera (collapsing front) 1899 1905 116 12.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model B (folding front) 1905 1906 116 12.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model C
(wood lens mount) 		1907 1909 116 12.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Model D
(metal lens mount) 		1909 1915 116 12.00
No. 2 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera 1899 1910 101 15.00
No. 3 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera
Models A, AB, AB-EX, ABX, B, B-2, B-3, B-4, C, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, D, E, E-2, E-3, E-4, F, G, and H 		1900 1915 118 68.00
No. 3 Folding Pocket KODAK Deluxe Camera
(Persian Morocco Covering silk bellows) 		1901 1903 118 75.00
No. 3A Folding Pocket KODAK Camera Models B, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, C, and G 1903 1915 122 78.00
No. 4 Folding Pocket KODAK Camera 1907 1915 123 83.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK-RR Type Camera
(formerly listed as No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Special) 		1912 1915 116 59.00
No. 1A Folding Pocket KODAK Special Camera 1908 1912 116 59.00
No. 1A Gift KODAK Camera
(packed in cedar box) (10,000 manufactured) 		1930 1931 116 15.00
Girl Scout KODAK Camera (V.P. Model B) 1929 1934 127 6.00
No. 4 Glass Plate Folding KODAK Camera 1892 1897 plates 55.00
No. 5 Glass Plate Folding KODAK Camera 1892 1897 plates 65.00
No. 6 Glass Plate Folding KODAK Camera 1894 1895 plates 84.00
JIFFY KODAK Six-16 Camera 1933 1937 616 7.50
JIFFY KODAK Six-16 Series II Camera 1937 1942 616 10.00
JIFFY KODAK Six-20 Camera 1933 1937 620 6.75
JIFFY KODAK Six-20 Series II Camera 1937 1948 620 9.00
JIFFY KODAK V. P. Camera 1935 1942 127 5.00
No. 3 Junior Glass Plate KODAK Camera 1892 1897 plates 40.00
No. 4 Junior Glass Plate KODAK Camera 1892 1897 plates 50.00
The KODAK Camera (highest Serial No. known 5192) 1888 1889 factory loaded 25.00
No. 1 KODAK Camera (highest Serial No. known 15,559) 1889 1895 factory loaded 25.00
No. 2 KODAK Camera 1889 1897 factory loaded 32.50
No. 3 KODAK Camera 1889 1897 factory loaded 40.00
No. 4 KODAK Camera 1889 1897 factory loaded 50.00
KODAK 35 Camera 1938 1948 135 40.00
KODAK 35, f/3.5, with Rangefinder Camera 1940 1951 135 48.00
KODAK ADVANTIX C300 Auto Camera 1998   240 59.00
KODAK ADVANTIX C400 Auto Focus Camera 1998   240 159.00
KODAK ADVANTIX C650 Zoom Camera 1998   240 69.00
KODAK ADVANTIX C700 Zoom Camera 1998   240 189.00
KODAK ADVANTIX F300 Auto Camera 1998   240 49.00
KODAK ADVANTIX F600 Zoom Camera 1999   240 129.00
KODAK ADVANTIX T500 Auto Focus Camera 1998   240 139.00
KODAK ADVANTIX T550 Auto Focus Camera 1998   240 149.00
KODAK ADVANTIX 1600 Auto Camera 1997   240 79.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 2000 Auto Camera 1996   240 99.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 2100 Auto Camera 1996   240 99.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 3200AF Camera 1996   240 119.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 3600ix Camera 1996   240 189.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 3700ix Camera 1996   240 194.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 4100ix Zoom Camera 1996   240 229.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 4700ix Zoom Camera 1997   240 309.95
KODAK ADVANTIX 5600MRX Text-Date Camera 1996 1997 240 577.20
KODAK ADVANTIX 5800MRX Zoom Camera 1996 1998 240 429.00[2]
KODAK FUN SAVER ADVANTIX One-Time-Use Flash Camera 1996   240 19.95
KODAK Automatic 35 Camera 1959 1964 135 84.50
KODAK Automatic 35B Camera 1961 1962 135 89.50
KODAK Automatic 35F Camera 1962 1966 135 99.50
KODAK Automatic 35R4 Camera 1965 1969 135 94.50
KODAK BANTAM Camera
(Rigid finder) (replacement folding optical finder available from dealer 2/38) 		1935 1937 828 9.75
KODAK BANTAM Camera
(metal frame finder) (replacement folding optical finder available from dealer 2/38) 		1935 1938 828 5.75
KODAK BANTAM Camera (folding optical finder) 1938 1947 828 8.50
KODAK BANTAM f/4.5 Camera 1938 1948 828 27.50
KODAK BANTAM f/5.6 Camera 1938 1941 828 16.50
KODAK BANTAM f/8 Camera 1938 1942 828 4.75
KODAK BANTAM Special Camera 1936 1948 828 110.00
KODAK BANTAM RF Camera (Sold as the KODAK Town and Country Camera outfit consisting of camera, case, and flash holder) 1953 1957 828 78.50
KODAK BANTAM RF Camera (camera only) 1954 1957 828 62.75
KODAK BREEZE Camera 1989 1990 135 59.95
KODAK Flash BANTAM Camera 1947 1953 828 58.00
KODAK CAMEO Auto Focus Camera 1994 1996 135 129.95
KODAK CAMEO Focus Free Camera 1993   135 52.95
KODAK CAMEO Motor 110 Camera 1993   110 34.95
KODAK CAMEO Motor EX Camera 1995   135 79.95
KODAK CAMEO Motordrive Camera 1995 1995 135 99.95
KODAK CAMEO Zoom Plus Camera 1993 1995 135 199.95
KODAK CHEVRON Camera 1953 1956 620 215.00
KODAK Coquette Camera
(KODAK Petite Camera w/matching lipstick holder and compact) 		1930 1932 127 12.50
KODAK DC25 Digital Camera 1996     499.00
KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCETM DC20 Camera 1996     299.00
KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE DC40 Camera 1996 1996   599.00
KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE DC50 Zoom Camera 1996     899.00
KODAK Disc 2000 Camera (export) 1982 1984 HR-disc 52.00
KODAK Disc 3000 Camera[1] 1983 1984 HR-disc 57.00
KODAK Disc 3500 Camera (export) 1983 1985 HR-disc 57.00
KODAK Disc 4000 Camera 1982 1984 HR-disc 68.00
KODAK Disc 6000 Camera 1982 1984 HR-disc 90.00
KODAK Disc 8000 Camera[3] 1982 1984 HR-disc 143.00
KODAK Disc 3100 Camera 1984 1987 VR disc 48.00
HAWKEYE Disc 7000 Camera 1985 1985 VR disc [1]
KODAK Disc 4100 Camera 1984 1987 VR disc 66.00
[1]For promotion or premium use by other companies--not available in retail stores.
[2]Specialty photo dealer only.
[3]Used as a premium camera, 1984-1997.

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