Kodak, as well as being the largest film producer in the world, has played a key role in the production of cameras, often innovative and always aimed at the spread of photography in the areas most extensive, with many of them, especially in the late nineteenth century and the first thirty years of the twentieth century, were accompanied by the introduction of a new form of photographic film: it has almost always worked, except in some cases where the low market penetration of the camera has limited the spread of the format , or vice versa.
I have often seen requests lists of Kodak cameras and we would like to raise here a summary list broken down by format film. The sources to which it refers are texts and publications that cover essentially the Kodak American production, except for a few European models of the Retina and some of the cameras produced on the Nagel Stuttgart design basis.
101 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.2 Bullet |
1895-1900 |
since 1896 could also use single plate |
|
Kodak No.2 Bullet |
1900-1902 |
could also use double plate |
|
No. 2 Bullet Special |
1898-1905 |
could also use double plate |
|
No.2 Bulls Eye |
1895-1913 |
Produced in 5 different models |
|
No.2 Bulls Eye Special |
1898-1904 |
Version with bright viewfinder, produced in 3 different models |
|
Kodak No.2 Falcon |
1897-1899 | |
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No.2 Kodak Flexo |
1899-1914 | |
|
No.2 Folding Bulls Eye |
1899-1901 |
Version with bellows |
|
No.2 Folding Pocket |
1899-1910 | |
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Stereo Kodak Model 1 |
1917-1925 |
Version with bellows |
|
No.2 Kodak Stereo |
1901-1905 |
102 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Pocket Kodak Camera |
1895-1901 |
could use either the roll-film holder 102. Updated every year for a total of 6 models |
103 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.4 Bullet |
1896-1900 |
could also use single plate holder. The special version with double plate |
|
No.4 Bulls Eye |
1896-1904 |
Produced in 5 different models |
|
No.4 Bulls Eye Special |
1898-1904 |
Improved version, produced in 3 models |
|
No.4 Panoram |
1899-1924 |
Version with viewing angle of 142° produced in 5 different models |
104 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.4 Kodak Cartridge |
1897-1900 |
could also use glass plates |
|
No.4 Cartridge Kodak LB |
1900-1907 |
Version with stretched bellows . Even for glass sheets |
105 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| Folding Pocket Camera A and B | 1897-1899 | |
| No.1 Folding Pocket | 1905-1915 | Produced in 4 different models |
| No.1 Panoram | 1900-1926 | With panoramic lens in 4 different models |
106 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.2 Eureka |
1898-1901 |
Adapted to the format with Roll Holders |
107 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.3 Kodet |
1894-1896 |
With double plate or Roll Holders |
108 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.3 Folding Kodet |
1894-1896 |
With Roll Holders |
109 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.4 Eureka |
1899-1901 |
Adapted to the format with Roll Holders |
|
No.4 Kodet |
1897-1899 |
for double plate holder or Roll Holders |
|
Flat Folding Kodak |
1894 |
First attempt at rehabilitation with Roll Holders |
110 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.4 Folding Kodet |
1894-1897 |
With Roll Holders |
110 Pocket Format Cameras
This is one of the most successful amateur formats in terms of cameras produced, for which a complete list is useless while we try to list here the following family of cameras produced by Kodak over the years.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| Ektralite Series | 1978-1995 | |
| EKTRA Series | 1978-1984 | Basic Series of cameras |
| Fling | 1987-1989 | |
| Hawkeye Pocket Instamatic Series | 1973-1979 | Reissue of Hawkeye 126 format ; different models with normal or telephoto lenses |
| Pocket Instamatic Series | 1973-1975 | One of the most popular series in different versions and features |
| Tele Series | 1975-1982 | |
| Trimlite Series | 1975-1979 | |
| Pazzazz | 1988-1994 | Series Special colored |
111 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| Current research |
112 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.5 Folding Kodet |
1895-1897 |
On glass plate or with Roll Holder |
113 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| Current research |
114 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| Current research |
115 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.5 Cartridge |
1898-1907 |
Produced in different models with improvements to the materials. It could also use adapters for glass plates |
116 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No. 1A Autographic |
1917-1924 |
Film A116 |
|
No. 1A Autographic Junior |
1914-1927 |
Film A116 |
|
No. 1A Autographic Special |
1914-1926 |
From 1917 onwards, with coupled rangefinder. Film A116 |
|
No. 2A Beau Brownie |
1930-1933 |
Camera special edition produced in five different colors |
|
No. 2A Brownie |
1907-1933 |
In the course of its history, produced in bakelite and metal with different colors |
|
No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie |
1915-1926 |
Film A116 |
|
No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie |
1910-1915 |
– |
|
No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak |
1899-1915 |
The camera that introduced the format. Variations of materials and configuration during production |
|
No. 1A Gift Kodak |
1930-1931 |
Limited Edition |
|
No. 1A Kodak Junior |
1914 |
Limited Edition |
|
No. 1A Kodak Series III |
1924-1931 |
Part of a series of cameras produced also for other formats |
|
No. 1A Pocket Kodak |
1926-1932 |
Since 1929 also produced in bakelite and colored in the Junior version |
|
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Series II |
1923-1931 |
From 1928 also produced in colored bakelite |
|
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Special |
1926-1934 |
Film A116 |
|
Six-Three Kodak No. 1A |
1913-1915 | |
|
No. 1A Special |
1912-1914 | |
|
No. 1A Speed ​​ |
1909-1913 |
117 Format Cameras
The format, encoded before 1913 as No.1, is especially important because it marks the introduction of the first Brownie, a camera truly dedicated to the masses thanks to its launch price of just 1 dollar.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Brownie |
1900-1901 |
The original Brownie (1 Dollar) |
|
No.1 Brownie |
1901-1916 |
118 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No. 3 Autographic |
1914-1926 | |
|
No.3 Autographic Special |
1914-1926 | |
|
No.3 Folding Pocket |
1900-1915 |
Produced in 21 different models |
|
No.3 Folding Pocket Deluxe |
1901-1903 |
Special version made of precious materials |
|
No.3 Special kodak |
1911-1914 | |
|
No.3 Series III |
1926-1934 |
Part of a series of cameras produced also for other formats |
|
Three Six No.3 |
1913-1915 | |
|
No.3 Pocket |
1926-1928 |
119 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.3 Cartridge |
1900-1907 |
Produced in different models with improvements to the materials. It could also use adapters for glass plates |
120 Format Cameras
Despite being the longest-serving size and the most loved by amateurs, semi-professionals and professionals, Kodak has never been aimed in a particular way on the 120, introduced in 1901 as a simple amateur format and preferred other types of film such as 116, 620 and 127, at least judging by the amount of camera models introduced over the years. However, there are some interesting patterns, even of a certain rarity, just for film 120.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.1 Autographic Kodak Junior |
1914-1927 |
Film A120. Special version in two models 1915-1921 with parts in bakelite rather than wood |
|
No.2 Beau Brownie |
1930-1933 |
Produced in five different colors |
|
No.2 Brownie |
1901-1933 |
Series by great success, introduced the new format in roll. Produced in three different series with variations in material and color |
|
No.2 Brownie Special |
1933-1934 |
Special Edition and Final Brownie |
|
No.2 Folding Autographic Brownie |
1915-1926 |
Version folding A120 film |
|
Souvenir Century Progress |
1933 |
Limited edition and very rare |
|
Kodak Junior No.1 |
1914 |
Economic version of the camera with 120 film |
|
No.1 Kodak Series III |
1926-1932 | |
|
No.1 Pocket Kodak |
1926-1932 |
From 1929 available in 4 different colors and versions economic Junior |
121 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.0 Folding Pocket A |
1902 |
Original pattern for size |
|
No.0 Folding Pocket B |
1902-1906 |
With addition of metal fasteners for quills |
122 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.3A Autographic Kodak |
1914-1934 | |
|
No.3A Autographic Junior |
1918-1927 | |
|
No.3A Autographic Special |
1914-1934 |
From 1916 with rangefinder coupled |
|
No.3A Folding Autographic Brownie |
1916-1926 | |
|
No.3A Folding Brownie |
1909-1915 | |
|
No.3A Folding Pocket |
1903-1915 |
Made in 7 different models |
|
No.3A Panoram Kodak |
1926-1928 |
Special version with panoramic lens |
|
No.3A Pocket |
1927-1933 | |
|
Six Three No.3A |
1913-1915 | |
|
No.3A Special |
1910-1914 | |
|
No.3A Series II |
1936-1941 | |
|
No.3A Series III |
1941-1943 |
Part of a series of cameras produced also for other formats |
123 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.4 Focus Screen |
1904-1910 | |
|
No.4 Folding Pocket Kodak |
1907-1915 |
124 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.3 Folding Pocket Brownie |
1905-1909 | |
|
Brownie No.3 |
1908-1934 | |
|
No.3 Bulls Eye Model A |
1908-1913 |
125 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No. 2 Stereo Brownie |
1905-1910 | |
|
3B Quick Focus |
1906-1911 |
In 3 different models |
126 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| 4A Folding Kodak | 1906-1915 | could also use glass plates |
126 Instamatic Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Instamatic Series |
1963-1973 |
23 different models of compact cameras basic |
|
Instamatic S Series |
1967-1971 |
2 different models |
|
Instamatic X Series |
1970-1988 |
The longest-running series |
|
Instamatic Reflex |
1968-1974 |
4 different models |
127 Format Cameras
The 127 is one of the formats of film on which the company has been more focused in the first thirty years of the twentieth century and then again in the 50s and 60s with the Brownie plastic cameras; introduced to provide a quality comparable to larger sizes while ensuring an excellent portability of the cameras, it was called commercially for some time, “Vest Pocket” as the most famous 127 cameras produced by Kodak
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Boy Scout Vest Pocket |
1929-1934 | |
|
Baby Brownie |
1934-1954 |
Reduced version of the Brownie in 117 format, again with just one dollar price, also produced in small Special version with surcharge |
|
Brownie No.0 |
1914-1935 | |
|
Brownie at 27 |
1963-1965 | |
|
Brownie Bullet |
1957-1968 |
Two versions were produced |
|
Brownie Fiesta |
1962-1970 |
Three different models |
|
Brownie Reflex |
1940-1952 |
A TLR with basic functions |
|
Brownie Star series |
1956-1967 |
It includes several models and versions like Starflash, Starmite, Starlet |
|
Eastman Bullet |
1936-1942 | |
|
Jiffy Vest Pocket |
1935-1942 | |
|
Kodak Coquette / Ensemble |
1929-1933 | |
|
Hawkeye Flashfun |
1961-1969 |
Bakelite camera for kids |
|
Pupils |
1932-1935 |
It rode Leitz lenses or Schneider. Equipped with external rangefinder |
|
Ranca |
1932-1934 |
Similar to the pupils but with Nagel lens |
|
Vest Pocket |
1912-1935 |
The original bellows camera, produced in different variations with film A127 |
|
Vollenda |
1929-1937 |
Folding compact design of Nagel, with Leitz lenses or Schneider |
128 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| the format was produced as an alternative to Houghton E1 |
129 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
| the format was produced as an alternative to Houghton E2 |
130 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
No.2C Autographic |
1916-1928 |
special version (from 1923) with coupled rangefinder |
|
No.2C Brownie |
1917-1934 | |
|
No.2C Folding Autographic Brownie |
1916-1926 |
Film A130 |
|
No.2C Series II |
1924-1931 |
Part of a series of cameras produced also for other formats |
|
No.2C Pocket |
1926-1932 | |
|
No.2C Pocket Special |
1928-1933 |
135 Format Cameras
Also for the 135 it would not be very useful to provide a list of cameras produced by Kodak since the introduction of the classic film; in particular, there is a large production of compact cameras of any type produced by the 70s until the end of the 90’s, mainly in response to the compact Japanese tat that time becoming increasingly widespread. There are, however, important models and families of cameras that have marked in some way the history of cameras, below.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Automatic 35 |
1959-1969 |
Produced in four successive variations, a large circulation amateur camera |
|
Motormatic 35 |
1960-1969 |
Three successive variants |
|
Pony 135 |
1950-1962 |
Introduced in parallel to the Pony 828 |
|
Retina |
1934-1970 |
The series that introduced the format. It presents different models, some of the highest quality and value, both bellows that rigid body with fixed or interchangeable Schneider lens |
|
Retina Reflex |
1958-1968 |
version of the SLR family Retina |
|
Retinette |
1952-1967 | |
|
Star |
1990-1995 |
Produced in many models, including autofocus and zoom |
|
VR 35 |
1986-1993 |
prior to Star Series |
240 APS Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
ADVANTIX Series |
1996-1998 |
Series of cameras with fixed lens or zoom |
35 Format Cameras
The format 35 is a predecessor of the standard 135, and part of 828, based on cinematography-derived film wrapped with protective paper
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
00 Cartridge Premo | 1916-1922 | The smallest box camera produced by Kodak |
616 Format Cameras
The 616 is one of the formats on which Kodak has focused more for a long time, introducing different series of cameras, most of which are very simple, dedicated to the casual photographer. Almost every series has also been presented in the format 620, which is identical in the physical size and image size too but different in the size of the spool.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Brownie Target Six |
1946-1951 | |
|
Six 16 Brownie |
1933-1942 |
The most popular model, produced in three successive series |
|
Brownie Target Six 16 |
1941-1946 | |
|
Jiffy Six 16 |
1933-1942 | |
|
Junior Six 16 |
1935-1940 |
Produced in three successive series |
|
Monitor Six 16 |
1939-1948 |
most advanced camera of the previous |
|
Senior Special Six Six 16 and 16 |
1937-1939 | |
|
Vigilant Junior Six 16 |
1939-1948 | |
|
Kodak Six 16 |
1932-1936 |
620 Format Cameras
To 620 applies what already said about 616: it was one of the formats for which Kodak has produced countless variations of camera, from simple box to TLR and bellows cameras as well as the famous series Brownie, widespread among young amateurs.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Brownie Bulls Eye |
1954-1960 |
Two versions with different colors |
|
Brownie Flash |
1946-1965 |
Three different models |
|
Brownie Hawkeye |
1949-1961 |
since 1951 with flash |
|
Brownie Reflex 20 |
1959-1966 | |
|
Brownie Six 20 |
1953-1955 | |
|
Brownie Target Six 20 |
1946-1952 | |
|
Brownie Twin 20 |
1959-1964 | |
|
Jiffy Six 20 |
1933-1948 |
Produced in two series (second from 1937) |
|
Kodak Duaflex |
1947-1960 |
Produced in four consecutive series |
|
Kodak Duex |
1940-1942 | |
|
Kodak Duo Six 20 |
1934-1940 |
Produced in two series, the second is also a model with rangefinder |
|
Kodak Junior Six 20 |
1935-1940 |
Series similar to the format version 616 |
|
Kodak Medalist |
1941-1953 |
Camera successful produced in two series |
|
Kodak Monitor Six 20 |
1939-1948 |
The same model product for film 616 |
|
Kodak Reflex |
1946-1954 |
Produced in three versions |
|
Kodak Tourist |
1948-1958 |
From 1951 Tourist II |
|
Kodak Vigilant Six 20 |
1939-1949 |
A similar model for the film 616, also available in Junior until 1948 |
|
Six 20 |
1932-1944 |
From 1938 model Super Six 20. It was the camera that was introduced with the 620 |
|
Six 20 Brownie |
1933-1946 |
Camera widespread, produced in 6 different models |
|
Vollenda |
1934-1939 |
Camera on folding design Nagel |
828 Format Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Bantam |
1935-1938 |
In the version with viewfinder disk |
|
Bantam |
1938-1947 |
With collapsible viewfinder |
|
Bantam f / 4.5 |
1938-1948 | |
|
Bantam f / 5.6 |
1938-1941 | |
|
Bantam f / 8 |
1938-1942 | |
|
Bantam Special |
1936-1948 | |
|
Bantam RF |
1953-1957 | |
|
Flash Bantam |
1947-1953 |
With flash |
Instant film Cameras
The history of Kodak branded instant film was rather unlucky: Kodak went from being a producer of instant film for Polaroid type FilmPack to produce their own version of the film, marketed since 1976 but, that had to be stopped abruptly ten years later, when the same Polaroid won a lawsuit for patent infringement.
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Colorburst Series (EK) |
1976-1982 |
The first series, produced in different versions with increasing technical characteristics. Film Series PR10 |
|
Kodamatic Series |
1982-1986 |
The second series, produced in various versions until the end of the instantaneous production in 1986. Film Series HS144 |
Kodak Disc HR Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Disc 2000 |
1982-1984 | |
|
Disc 3000 |
1983-1984 | |
|
Disc 4000 |
1982-1984 | |
|
Disc 6000 |
1982-1984 | |
|
Disc 8000 |
1982-1984 |
Kodak Disc VR Cameras
|
Model |
Period production |
Notes |
|
Disc 3100 |
1984-1987 | |
|
Disc Hawkeye |
1985 | |
|
Disc 4100 |
1984-1987 | |
|
Disc 6100 |
1984-1987 | |
|
Disc 3600 |
1986-1990 | |
|
Disc Challenger |
1986-1990 | |
|
Tele Disc |
1985-1990 | |
| Disc Medalist |
1985-1990 |
Different models produced |