Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie

Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie image by Cocktail_Hour, on Flickr  (Image rights)

Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie image by the-hospice-of-st-francis, on Flickr  (Image rights)

The Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie was a folding camera for type 116 Autographic film ^[1]. It was made by Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd in Toronto, Canada and in Rochester, NY, USA by Eastman Kodak Company.

Specifications Edit

• Type: Folding camera
• Manufacturer: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA
• Years of production: 1915-1926^[2]
• Film: Roll film (size 116)
• Frame Size: 2 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches
• Shutter: Kodex no.1 shutter with speeds B, T, 1/25, 1/50, or Kodak Ball Bearing shutter with an additional 1/100s speed for "moving objects", as the shutter says.
• Lens: Kodar 122mm f/7.8. The 116 version was fitted with an f9 Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear.
• Aperture: "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" (early models); f7.9-f22 (later). 116 version: Bausch and Lomb - f4 to f64
• Focusing: By distance zone, 80, 250 & 1000ft detents on bellows extension

Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie image by the-hospice-of-st-francis, on Flickr  (Image rights)

Notes and references Edit

1. ↑ A similar, smaller camera, the No.2 Folding Autographic Brownie, took 120 film
2. ↑ Square ends, 1915-17; round ends 1917-26. Reference: History of Kodak Cameras on Kodak.com

LinksEdit

• Kodak n°2A folding pocket Brownie at www.collection-appareils.com by Sylvain Halgand

• Kodak No.2A Folding Autographic Brownie in Andrys Stienstra's camera collection
• Kodak autographic brownie n°2 at Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)