Kodak No. 2C Pocket Kodak
Documentation on the Kodak No. 2C Pocket Kodak is thin. What survives comes mostly from museum records and collector listings, not period reviews or manufacturer literature. The Science Museum Group Collection holds an example described as a "No 2 C Pocket Kodak Autographic". It is a rollfilm camera with a bellows, an achromatic lens, an iris diaphragm adjustable to f/4, a Kodex No 1 shutter with speeds of 25, 50, time, and bulb, and screw focusing down to 6 feet. It also has a brilliant rotating reflecting finder and an autographic back. That back let owners write notes on the film backing paper through a small trapdoor. Open for use, the camera measures 230 mm × 105 mm × 180 mm.
Beyond that, the record is mostly anecdotal. One Catawiki listing called an example a "very nice Eastman Kodak No. 2C Pocket-Kodak" with no rust and all parts working. That phrasing suggests rust and seized mechanisms are the usual worries on a camera this old. The same source dates the build to between 1910 and 1920, while an Etsy listing calls it an "Antique 1920s" camera, so the production window is uncertain. Collectors consistently describe it as a black, leather-covered folding camera. No original price, film format, weight, or production context has turned up in the available record.
What is known, in brief:
- Rollfilm camera with bellows; autographic back
- Achromatic lens, iris diaphragm to f/4
- Kodex No 1 shutter: 25/50/T/B
- Screw focusing to 6 feet; brilliant rotating reflecting finder
- Dimensions (deployed): 230 mm × 105 mm × 180 mm
- Black leather exterior
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