All about Antique : Antique Kodak Cameras

From Original to Kodak Folding Brownie Kodets and Frames Kodak Daylights, many camera collectors dream of adding these antique Kodak cameras to their collections.The early development of the Kodak
In 1878 George Eastman began developing the gelatin dry plates for photography. These dishes were much less cluttered and easier to use, then the wet plates used at the time. Over the next ten years, Mr. Eastman will continue to invent, to improve mass production of photographic film, developing and using cameras to photograph the new methods.

In 1885, George Eastman and William Walker patent for a device to hold and advance rolled film in a camera. The following year, Mr. Eastman introduced Eastman Detective Camera used in the Eastman-Walker rolls. The camera has not met with great success since it was difficult to use and mass production.
Over the next two years, events will take place that will forever change the picture. The name Kodak, which was chosen because George Eastman liked the sound of the letter K, it was a trademark in 1887 and a new era of photography was about to begin.The first Kodak camera

The Double Exposure website offers a wonderful example of the first camera Kodak introduced in 1888 by George Eastman. Just click on the link and scroll down to the website to see the story changing camera.
Advertised to the public with the slogan you press the button, we do selling the remainder of this camera aimed amateur photographers of the day. At a cost of $ 25, sold the camera loaded with film to take 100 exposures. Once the movie ended, the camera was mailed back to the company where the 2 ½ inch prints developed and printed. The camera was reloaded, which should be done in a dark room, with fresh film and returned to the client along with the prints, for a cost of $ 10. Although the price at the time was not cheap, the camera became very popular because people do not have to worry about the technical processes and chemicals involved in the development of their photographs.The Kodak Brownie camera
Introduced in 1900, Brownie camera is probably the most famous of the cameras Kodak. Over the years it has built in two boxes and folding styles. The Brownie Camera Page is a website dedicated to this specific camera. Each Kodak Brownie style depicted profiled relevant information, including:

    * This year the camera was introduced and discontinued
    * Description
    * Size Photo
    * Number produced
    * Original Price
    * Approximate value
Also included in this site are similar lists Brownie movie cameras and projectors, Hawkeye cameras and non-Brownie cameras Kodak, links on where to find movies, spindles, bulbs and books, how-to articles and many others associated with antiques and vintage Brownie Kodak cameras.Where to find more information about Antique Kodak cameras

    * The oldest museum of photography in the world, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, located in Rochester, New York. Located in a restored mansion part of Eastman, the museum online and their website offers a wealth of information on technology and Kodak photographic film and a history dating back before the invention of formal photography in 1839.

    * The Photographist is an excellent website that features a chronological or alphabetical list of 46 antique cameras Kodak. Each camera is highlighted in a short narrated video with excellent pictures of each example. Accompanied by a written description detailing the camera and photograph the size of original sale price and interesting facts about each camera.

    * Auction sites online like eBay and antique sites, including infarction, Ruby Lane and Go Antiques are excellent places to see antique cameras.

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