Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Eastman Commercial Camera
EKC Professional Catalog 1927, p. 19
8 x 10"
Date Introduced:
Years Manufactured: c. 1925-1933 References:
Construction: front and
rear focus via rack and pinion (two gear
tracks on top of base rails); double swing; three-piece lens
board; reversing by removable back
Materials: cherry wood
throughout, brass hardware, red leather bellows.
Sizes Offered: 8x10 only
Notes: about 20 pounds
of solid cherry wood and metal, with a functionally robust handle.
It has unique rear standard hardware. It was sold with a
normal lens board, but two specialized ones were available as
accessories: a recessed lens board for short focus lenses, and the
rising lens board for "skyscraper" pictures. In 1928, it was
offered at the same time as the Folmer Commercial Camera.
Eastman Professional Catalogue
of Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Eastman Kodak Co.
(Rochester, NY), 1925, pp.
24-25
Catalogue No. 31 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1926-1927, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), 1926, p. 75
Studio and Kodak Finishing Equipment Catalog,
Z. T. Briggs Photo Supply Co. (Kansas
City, MO, c. 1927), p. 65
Catalogue of
Eastman Professional
Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1927,
pp. 18-19
Photographic Materials Mail Order Cash
Catalog No. 127,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jan.
1927, p. 34
Catalogue of
Eastman Professional
Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1928,
p. 14
Catalogue of
Eastman Professional
Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, NY), 1929,
p. 14
No. 29 Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Outfits and Supplies,
Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc. (St. Louis, MO), May 1, 1929, p. 3
Photographic
Materials Mail Order Cash Catalog No. 130,
George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), Jul.
1930, p. 34
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33, Central
Camera Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 39
