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"KODAK"

Make it simpler.

From the very inception the Kodak Idea has been—make photography so simple that anybody can take good pictures.

Simpler cameras, simpler processes have followed each other with almost startling rapidity. But the Kodak Company has not been satisfied with merely making mechanical and chemical improvements; it has assumed the responsibility of educating people in picture taking. The very first Kodak, way back in 1888, was accompanied by a so-called "manual" that did more than merely explain the operation of the mechanical features of the camera. It showed how the pictures should be taken, how (and how not) to photograph a tall building, how to photograph a small child—told about the length of exposures in different kinds of light, both in-doors and out. It was really a primary hand-book of photography.

From that day on, every piece of Kodak apparatus, every amateur product of the Company has been accompanied by the most concise instructions, instructions that were also constructive because they not only told the beginner what to do but why he was to do it. Even in the Kodak advertising matter as much space is given up to telling people how to make pictures as in telling them why they should buy Kodak goods. Booklets in large editions, giving instructions in practically every phase of amateur photography have been and still are distributed without charge. Photography has not merely been made simpler, it has been explained to all who are interested.

"Kodakery"—A Monthly Help

And now comes a new help to the beginner—"Kodakery," a little magazine that will tell the amateur how to get better pictures. It's beautifully illustrated. Written and edited by those who know photography inside and out and who also know the places where the amateur has trouble, it will be a joy and a help to every enthusiast, will add for thousands to the Witchery of Kodakery.

Every purchaser, after May 1st, 1914, of a Kodak or Brownie camera will be entitled to "Kodakery" for one year without charge—he may have it continued by subscribing at 50 cents per year if he so desires. In the back of each Kodak and Brownie manual, which we are now printing, is a "subscription blank" which, upon being properly filled out and mailed to—"Kodakery," Toronto, Ont.—will entitle the purchaser of such camera to one year's free subscription to "Kodakery." At the time this plan goes into operation there may still be some such manuals without a subscription blank, but in such case a blank may be obtained from the dealer of whom the camera was purchased. Every purchaser of a Kodak or Brownie Camera is entitled to one copy of the manual or instruction book and to one year's subscription to "Kodakery."

The editors of "Kodakery" aim first of all to make the little book a real help. At the same time it will be interesting and its delightful illustrations will show the beginner new possibilities in amateur photography. This little magazine is but a part of the Kodak Service. To sell a camera and then turn the customer adrift has never been a part of the Kodak plan. Along with our improvements in apparatus and materials, we have always endeavored also to improve the Kodak Service. "Kodakery" will, we believe, prove the means of keeping us more closely than ever in touch with our customers. In many ways it will be directly helpful—and it will always suggest the propriety of the customer's going to his Kodak dealer or to us, if there are little difficulties (there are no big ones, now) to be overcome.

It is to be a real help—a part of the Kodak Idea—one more aid to the beginner in the making of good pictures.

CANADIAN KODAK CO., Limited.

Toronto, Canada.

Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter

This shutter is automatic and as its leaves are mounted on ball bearings it operates with remarkable smoothness and precision. The leaves open and close in the form of a star, admitting a much larger amount of light in the same space of time than the ordinary type of shutter. All but the No. 0 work with bulb or finger release and have variable indicated speeds of 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 second as well as bulb and time exposures.

They are also fitted with indicator for registering each exposure as made and iris diaphragm.

Supplied with Kodak Junior No. 1A, and Folding Pocket Kodaks, Nos. 1A, R. R. Type; 3, 3A and 4. The No. 0 is supplied with the Vest Pocket Kodak and Vest Pocket Kodak Special, and is similar to the above excepting that it works with finger release only, has variable speeds of 1/25 and 1/50 second, and is regularly equipped with the Kodak Autotime Scale. The No. 0 is also supplied with the Kodak Junior No. 1, but in this instance is not fitted with autotime scale.

Pocket Automatic Shutter

This shutter has star shaped opening and is automatic in action. It works with finger release for bulb, time and instantaneous exposures and is perfectly reliable in every respect. Fitted with iris diaphragm stops and regularly supplied with Nos. 1 and 1A Folding Pocket Kodaks, and Nos. 2 and 2A Folding Pocket Brownies.

Brownie Ball Bearing Shutter

The ball bearing type of shutter has been found so accurate and reliable that we have designed a shutter on the ball bearing principle for the 3 and 3A Folding Brownie cameras.

This shutter is well made in every respect, it works with bulb and tube or finger release, and is fitted with the Kodak Autotime Scale—a great help for amateur photographers, especially beginners.

The Brownie Ball Bearing shutter works not only for time and bulb exposures, but has variable indicated speeds of 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 second. It is fitted with iris diaphragm and supplied with the Nos. 3 and 3A Folding Brownie cameras.

For a more complete description of the Kodak Autotime Scale supplied with this shutter, see page 8.

Compound Shutter

The Compound shutter is an automatic and setting shutter combined. Automatically, either time or bulb exposures may be made, while it may be set for speeds of from 1 to 1/150, 1/200 and 1/250 second, according to size of shutter. The shutter leaves are formed of segments opening in star shape, giving even illumination over the entire plate the instant the exposure is started, and an iris diaphragm is supplied for stopping down.

Case is made of aluminum, and accurate adjustments can be made with the shutter in any position.

Regularly supplied on the Nos. 1A, 3, 3A Special and Six-Three Kodaks and as a special equipment with the Nos. 4 and 4A Folding Kodaks.

Kodak Automatic Shutter and Kodak Autotime Scale

The Kodak Automatic shutter is carefully adjusted for time, bulb and instantaneous exposures. It is also graduated for fractional parts of a second, and is unusually accurate.

This shutter is fitted with the Kodak Autotime scale and is supplied as a special equipment on the Nos. 1A, R. R. Type; 3, 3A and 4 Folding Pocket Kodaks.

The Scale greatly reduces the liability of error in exposure, as it automatically indicates the proper time and stop opening for subjects under any condition of outdoor photography. It is exceedingly simple to use. The speed indicator is merely set at the point on the scale indicating the kind of light prevailing and the diaphragm indicator at the point indicating the character of the subject.

These scales are also supplied at a nominal charge for the following shutters when fitted with double lenses only, and can be readily attached by any amateur. Always order by Style letter.

Style A. For use with Kodak Ball Bearing shutter, 2½ × 4¼ and 3¼ × 4¼.

Style AA. For Kodak Ball Bearing shutter, 3 × 5¼, 3¼ × 5½ and 4 × 5.

Style B. For use with F. P. K. Automatic, 2½ × 4¼ and 3¼ × 4¼, No. 1 S. V. (Blair or Premo) Automatic, or No. 1 B. & L. S. V. Automatic shutters.

Style BB. For use with F. P. K. Automatic, 3¼ × 5½ and 4 × 5, No. 2 S. V. (Blair or Premo) Automatic, or No. 2 B. & L. S. V. Automatic shutters.

Style C. For use with Kodak Automatic shutter, 3¼ × 4¼.

Style CC. For use with Kodak Automatic shutter, 3¼ × 5½ and 4 × 5.

Style D. For B. & L. Automatic and Century Automatic shutters, 3¼ × 4¼.

Style DD. For use with B. & L. Automatic and Century Automatic shutters, 3¼ × 5½ and 4 × 5.

Style DDD. For use with B. & L. Automatic shutter, 4¼ × 6½.

Style I. For use with Kodak Ball Bearing shutter, 2¼ × 3¼.

Price, any of above styles, $1.00.

Style H. For use with No. 0, 3¼ × 4¼ Compound shutter.

Style HH. For use with No. 1, 3¼ × 5½ and 4 × 5 Compound shutter.

Style HHH. For use with No. 2, 4¼ × 6½ and 5 × 7 Compound shutter.

Price for any style Compound shutter, $1.50.

Kodak Lenses

The regular R. R. and meniscus lenses used on Kodak and Brownie Cameras have always been the best lenses of their respective types that could be secured. These lenses are perfectly adapted to everyday amateur photography, producing pictures under normal light conditions that leave nothing to be desired by the average amateur.

For those, however, who wish even greater efficiency and capabilities, we supply the anastigmat lens equipments.

The superiority of the anastigmat lens, without attempting to go into the technicalities of the subject, consists of—Perfect definition over the whole negative, absolute flatness of field, and higher speed.

In R. R. lenses the tendency to lack of definition toward the edges, which always occurs in an uncorrected lens, is so slight as to be unnoticeable except to the most expert eye. In a true anastigmat, it is entirely eliminated.

The speed of a lens is determined by the relative size of the diaphragm opening. An R. R. lens cannot be used at an opening greater than ⅛ its focal length, commonly designated as f. 8. But an anastigmat lens can be so corrected as to permit the use of larger diaphragm openings and still produce sharp, clear negatives. This larger opening admits more light within a given time than that of the R. R. lens, hence the anastigmat is much faster. Thus the Zeiss or Cooke Kodak Anastigmat lens, working at an aperture of f. 6.3 admits 60 per cent. more light in a given time than does the R. R.

This speed advantage enables the user to make short exposures on dull days or under poor light conditions, where hopelessly undertimed negatives would result with an R. R. lens. And under proper conditions, exposures up to 1/250 second with a Compound shutter and 1/1000 with a focal plane shutter, can be made with the anastigmat.

In the last few years there has been a steadily increasing interest in and demand for anastigmat lens equipments among amateur photographers, and we responded to this demand, first by furnishing the Special Kodaks fitted with Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat lens, f. 6.3—a lens fully corrected and offering the advantage of high speed.

These have been followed by the Six-Three Kodaks. These differ from the Specials in that they are simply our regular Kodak models, without the special covering and finish of "Specials," and fitted with anastigmat lenses specially designed by Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, for Kodak use and called the Cooke Kodak Anastigmat. This lens works at f. 6.3 and is fully corrected in every particular.

Vest Pocket Kodak

The extraordinary popularity of the Vest Pocket Kodak is due not alone to its compactness—it is so flat and smooth and small that it will readily slip into a vest pocket—but also to the excellent quality of its pictures, whether printed by contact or enlarged.

In fact, this little camera in itself is so very desirable and of such general utility, that we furnish it with several different equipments to meet any demand.

For average photography, the camera fitted with Kodak Ball Bearing shutter and tested meniscus achromatic lens is amply efficient, for it will make excellent pictures under ordinary conditions.

For those who want the microscopic definition of the anastigmat, we offer the Vest Pocket Kodak, this year, fitted with the new Kodak Anastigmat lens. This lens works at f. 8, it is fully corrected, and made of the first quality of Jena glass. This makes a most desirable outfit at a surprisingly low price for an anastigmat equipment.

Then for those who want not only the absolute sharpness and flatness of field, but the maximum of speed as well, we offer the camera fitted with Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat lens, f. 6.9.

The appearance of the Vest Pocket Kodak is so suggestive of quality, that it makes an ideal camera for gift purposes on holidays, birthdays, at graduation time, and such occasions. For these purposes we have devised the Kodak Gift Case shown in the illustration. The Vest Pocket Kodak in this case is fitted with Kodak Anastigmat lens, f. 8. The carrying case is of imported satin finish leather, in a shade of soft brown that is in perfect harmony with the deep blue of the handsome silk-lined container. The whole outfit possesses a quality and richness that will appeal to the most fastidious.

The Vest Pocket Kodak with any equipment is always ready for action. It is only necessary to pull out the front to its full extent, and the camera is in focus for objects at any distance. The shutter is automatic, and a convenient reversible finder, for composing the view in either horizontal or vertical position, is provided.

Another feature is the extreme simplicity in loading—nothing trappy or fussy about it. Indeed, the operation of the camera is simple in every detail, nothing in the way of simplicity or efficiency having been sacrificed in order to reduce the size.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures, 1⅝ × 2½ inches. Capacity, 8 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, 1 × 2⅜ × 4¾ inches. Weight, 9 ounces. Lens, regular, meniscus achromatic, 3-inch focus. Special, Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat f. 6.9, or Kodak Anastigmat f. 8. Shutter, Kodak Ball Bearing No. 0. Brilliant reversible finder. All metal body, black enamel finish and black leather bellows.

The Price

No. 1 Kodak Junior

So complete and varied has the Kodak line become, so altogether simple is the operation of each camera, that each year it looks well nigh impossible to strengthen the line or broaden the selection for the amateur.

However, the Kodak policy of never letting well enough alone has developed two most attractive new models this year, which round off the whole line, being built upon the idea of providing genuine daylight-all-the-way Kodaks, with all the Kodak convenience and dependability, for those who wish to take up photography at the minimum of expense.

The first of these models, the No. 1 Kodak Junior, makes 2¼ × 3¼ pictures and loads with the Kodak Film cartridge of six exposures (No. 120). And for loading and unloading, the back of the camera is constructed upon a new principle which makes it unusually easy to remove.

A striking feature of this camera is its extreme thinness and all-around compactness. It will readily slip into the pocket, and yet it is fully equipped for efficient work in all branches of general amateur photography. It is fitted with the No. 0 Ball Bearing shutter, speed 1/50 of a second, with cable release, as described on page 6, and offers the choice of rapid rectilinear or meniscus achromatic lens. All lenses fitted to this camera must stand the usual rigid Kodak tests.

The No. 1 Kodak Junior is provided with automatic focusing lock, collapsible reversible finder, two tripod sockets—in fact, the practical, convenient working equipment which one expects in a true Kodak.

The camera is well made in every respect, it is covered with a good quality of grain leather, and the metal parts are finished in nickel and black enamel.

The low price means no stinting in either material or workmanship. It is only possible through the perfection of our scientific factory organization and the large quantities which our large distribution enables us to make at one time.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures. 2¼ × 3¼ inches. Capacity, 6 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, 1⁷⁄16 × 3⅝ × 6⅝ inches. Weight, 23 ounces. Lens, meniscus achromatic, 4¼-inch focus. Also supplied with rapid rectilinear lens if desired. Shutter, Kodak Ball Hearing No. 0, with cable release. (See page 6.) Brilliant, reversible, collapsible finder. The film cartridge for this camera is the same as the one used for No. 2 Brownie and not for No. 1 Folding Pocket Kodak.

The Price

No. 1A Kodak Junior

In this new model is offered the advantages of low cost, with Kodak efficiency, which we have seen in the No. 1 Kodak Junior, in a camera made upon the same principle for 2½ × 4¼ pictures.

This is one of the most popular amateur sizes, the proportion being unusually pleasing for landscapes, street scenes, and the like, in the horizontal position, and admirably adapted for portraiture when used vertically.

With its strikingly thin, compact form, its reliable equipment and its low cost, the No. 1A Kodak Junior is sure to please anyone who prefers pictures of this size.

This model will accommodate the regular twelve exposure Kodak N. C. Film cartridges, and thus offers the daylight-all-the-way feature of all Kodaks.

The shutter is the Kodak Ball Bearing with cable release, which works not only for bulb and time exposures, but has variable indicated speeds of 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 second. The leaves, opening in the shape of a star, admit the greatest possible amount of light, for a between-the-lens shutter, at each exposure.

The camera is furnished with either meniscus achromatic or rapid rectilinear lens. In both cases the lens is carefully tested and must conform to the high Kodak standard before it is allowed to go on the camera.

Simplicity marks this camera in every respect. It is made with the new style back—unusually easy to remove for loading and unloading. It has an automatic focusing lock, which permits the camera to be brought to focus quickly for objects at any distance. The finder is of the new collapsible type; it is reversible, and two tripod sockets are furnished, so that the camera may be easily used in either the vertical or horizontal position.

So compact that it will readily slip into the pocket, this camera offers that high standard of efficiency which is inseparable from the Kodak idea. The back and bed are made of aluminum, the covering is genuine leather, and metal parts are finished in nickel and black enamel.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures, 2½ × 4¼ inches. Capacity, 12 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, 1⅝ × 3¾ × 8 inches. Weight, 28 ounces. Lens, meniscus achromatic, 5-inch focus. Also supplied with R. R. lens if desired. Shutter, Kodak Ball Bearing with cable release. (See page 6.) Brilliant, reversible, collapsible finder.

The Price

Nos. 1 and 1A Folding Pocket Kodaks

These little Kodaks are designed for those who wish compact folding cameras which can be easily carried in the pocket and which will make pictures without the necessity of focusing or estimating distances.

Upon opening the camera the front springs automatically into position, ready at once for making pictures of objects at any distance. A reversible finder makes composition easy, and slight pressure of the shutter lever makes the exposure.

When closed the bed folds over front and bellows, concealing all adjustments, and the camera can then be very conveniently carried in any coat pocket. The camera is made of aluminum, with best seal grain leather covering and has nickel fittings. They differ only in the size of the pictures they make.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures, No. 1, 2¼ × 3¼ inches; No. 1A, 2½ × 4¼ inches. Capacity, each 12 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, No. 1, 1⅝ × 3½ × 6¾ inches; No. 1A, 1¾ × 3⅞ × 7¾ inches. Weight, No. 1, 16 ounces; No. 1A, 22 ounces. Lens, meniscus achromatic, No. 1, 4-inch focus; No. 1A, 5-inch focus. Shutter, Pocket Automatic. (See page 6.) Brilliant reversible finder.

The Price

No. 1A Folding-Pocket Kodak—R. R. Type

This is a camera of greater capabilities and wider scope than those previously described—the first of that series of double lens Kodaks which have played such a prominent part in the development and popularization of amateur photography.

These cameras are fitted with the best R. R. lenses to be had, each one carefully tested to the highest standard and fitted only if it conforms to that standard. The shutter is of the Kodak Ball Bearing type.

The camera as a whole makes a compact, inexpensive outfit, considering its capabilities, and one which, though suitable for the most serious work, will slip readily into the pocket, and is so simple that it may be effectively handled by the beginner.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures, 2½ × 4¼ inches. Capacity, 12 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, 8 × 2 × 3¾ inches. Weight. 26 ounces. Lens, double combination, rapid rectilinear, speed, f. 8, focal length, 5 inches. Shutter, Kodak Ball Bearing. (See page 6.) Automatic focusing lock. Two tripod sockets. Brilliant reversible finder.

The Price

Nos. 3 and 4 Folding Pocket Kodaks

These cameras are made for two standard amateur size pictures and are similar in every essential respect excepting in the matter of size. The No. 3 makes 3¼ × 4¼ pictures—a favorite with many, and especially suitable for lantern slide making, as the slide can be printed by direct contact. The No. 4 makes 4 × 5 pictures and is preferred by many on account of the comparatively large size which it is possible to get of the objects in the composition.

Both cameras offer the usual Kodak simplicity, and the exceptional lens and shutter equipment which assures the user the maximum of efficiency in all work where an anastigmat equipment is not necessary. The illustration on the opposite page shows the No. 3.

The shutter is the Kodak Ball Bearing, in which is mounted an R. R. lens which must stand the most rigid test before it is passed by our inspectors. This lens works at f. 8, and as the leaves of the Kodak Ball Bearing shutter open in the shape of a star, the greatest possible amount of light is admitted at this opening—a fact which makes the instruments especially valuable for snap-shot work.

The cameras are equipped with rising and sliding front—a great convenience in architectural and many forms of landscape photography, and an automatic focusing lock is provided so that either can quickly be brought to focus at any-distance.

While these models, of course, are designed for the use of our roll films, either can be loaded with plates at any time by the addition of a simple plate adapter or combination back (supplied extra). This is interchangeable with the regular back, is provided with ground glass for focusing and takes double plate holders. (See similar back illustrated on page 20.)

Both cameras are handsomely finished throughout. Back and bed are of aluminum, metal parts are highly nickeled, and covering is of fine quality grain leather.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures. No. 3, 3¼ × 4¼ inches; No. 4, 4 × 5 inches. Capacity, 12 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, No. 3, 1¾ × 4½ × 7½ inches: No. 4, 2¼ × 5¾ × 9 inches. Weight, No. 3, 23 ounces: No. 4, 2 pounds 11 ounces. Lens, double combination, rapid rectilinear, speed. f. 8, focal length. No. 3, 5 inches: No. 4, 6¾ inches. Shutter, Kodak Ball Bearing. (See page 6.) Rising and sliding front. Two tripod sockets. Brilliant reversible finder with hood. Automatic focusing lock.

The Price

No. 3A Folding Pocket Kodak

The best thought of our manufacturing organization has been put into presenting in this model a moderate priced camera for general amateur photography that is the embodiment of skill and painstaking care.

It has in fact come to be recognized as the standard in hand cameras, and every suitable improvement made, or new idea evolved in the years in which it has been on the market, has been incorporated in its construction.

The 3A Folding Pocket Kodak was the first camera made for 3¼ × 5½ pictures—a size which has become the most popular of all amateur sizes. Its proportions are just right for post cards, it is unusually effective for landscapes and street scenes when used horizontally; while vertically, it is ideal for portraiture, whether full length or head and shoulders, when the camera is fitted with Kodak Portrait Attachment.

The camera is fitted with tested R. R. lens, the Kodak Ball Bearing shutter, and rising and sliding front. And it is so simple that a beginner can make good pictures with it from the start.

Like the No. 3, this model will accommodate plates as well as films by the simple addition of a combination back, which is interchangeable with the regular back. This may be secured from any dealer, it is fitted with ground glass and takes double plate holders.

This camera is covered with best quality of fine grain leather, and has nickeled fittings.

In Detail

For rectangular pictures, 3¼ × 5½ inches. Capacity, 10 exposures without reloading. Size of Kodak, 9½ × 4¾ × 2 inches. Weight, 41 ounces. Lens, double combination, rapid rectilinear, speed, f. 8, focal length, 6¾ inches. Shutter, Kodak Ball Bearing. (See page 6.) Two tripod sockets. Brilliant reversible finder with hood. Automatic focusing lock.

The Price

No. 4A Folding Kodak

For very large size pictures, we offer the No. 4A Folding Kodak—a camera which combines all the simple and convenient Kodak features in a very light and compact camera, considering the size of the pictures it makes. It is fully equipped for out-of-the-ordinary work, as well as for snap-shot and general amateur photography.

One of its special features is its adaptability to home portraiture. Fitted with the Kodak Portrait Attachment, it will make bust portraits up to the full size of the film, as it may be operated as close as 3½ feet to the subject. A plate adapter (extra) with focusing screen, interchangeable with the regular back, will permit the use of dry plates if desired.

The shutter supplied with this model is a double valve automatic, which works not only for time and bulb exposures, but is also graduated in fractional parts of a second from 1/100 to 1. The lens is a Rapid Rectilinear of the same high quality as those supplied with the preceding Kodaks.

The camera is equipped with rising and sliding front, rack and pinion for easy focusing, two tripod sockets and a very positive automatic standard clamp. The regular finder is a brilliant reversible, but when desired, a direct view finder can be furnished for specially quick snap-shot work with the camera held on a level with the eyes.

Constructed with the same care and attention to detail as the preceding model, the No. 4A is just as simple to operate, and is finished in the same style, with seal grain covering and nickeled fittings.