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828 format roll film

Kodak Pony 135 Model C (1955)

Kodak Pony 135 Model C (1955)

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This is a Kodak Pony 135 Model C, a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY between the years 1955 and 1958.  This was the last in the original series of Pony models dating back to the original Pony 828 from 1949.  The Model C…

May 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 828 / Kodak / USA
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Second Look: Kodak Bantam Special

Second Look: Kodak Bantam Special

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Mistakes were made…again! Back in January, I posted a second look review of the Zeiss-Ikon Contessa 35, a camera that I had previously reviewed and drew some incorrect conclusions about due to me having a camera in less than stellar operational condition.  A reader of this site named Peter noticed…

July 22, 2021 July 23, 2021 Photography / Reviews  828 / Germany / Kodak
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Traid Fotron (1962)

Traid Fotron (1962)

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This review is part of the Cameras of the Dead series which I have been publishing every year on Halloween and “Halfway to” Halloween, featuring three cameras that I’ve wanted to review that either didn’t work, or was otherwise unable to shoot. Last year, I republished individual versions of each…

January 5, 2021 January 5, 2021 Photography / Reviews  828 / Dead / Traid / USA
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Kodak Bantam Special (1936)

Kodak Bantam Special (1936)

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This is a Kodak Bantam Special, made by the Eastman Kodak Corporation in Rochester, NY between the years 1936 and 1948.  The camera was the top of the line in Kodak’s Bantam series which used 828 roll film and made 28mm x 40mm exposures which were 30% larger than standard…

August 28, 2018 July 22, 2021 Photography / Reviews  828 / Kodak / USA
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Kodak Chevron (1953)

Kodak Chevron (1953)

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This is a Kodak Chevron, a medium format rangefinder camera buit by the Eastman Kodak Company between the years of 1953 and 1956.  The Chevron, like all medium format Kodak cameras from the era, used Kodak’s proprietary 620 format of film, which was nearly identical to competing 120 film, but…

July 3, 2018 August 1, 2018 Photography / Reviews  620 / 828 / Kodak / USA
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Kodak Flash Bantam (1948)

Kodak Flash Bantam (1948)

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What is it? This is a Kodak Flash Bantam, a strut folding camera with a Bakelite and metal body.  The Flash Bantam updated the original Bantam 4.5 with flash synchronization and a new Lumenized lens coating to improve accuracy when using color film.  It used 828 film which was originally…

June 21, 2017 April 9, 2018 Photography / Reviews  828 / Kodak / USA
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Kodak Bantam (1935)

Kodak Bantam (1935)

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What is it? This is a Kodak Bantam, a strut folding camera with an entirely Bakelite body, a single speed shutter, doublet lens, and a maximum aperture of f/6.3.  This was Kodak’s first camera designed for their new 828 format of film.  828 was originally designed to be an inexpensive roll…

June 9, 2017 April 9, 2018 Photography / Reviews  828 / Kodak / USA
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