Eastman Kodak Co.
Eastman Commercial Camera
EKC Professional Catalog 1927, p. 19
8x10
Date Introduced: Years
Manufactured: c. 1925-1933
Construction: front and rear focus
via rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); double swing;
three-piece lensboard; 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 lensboard, but two specialized ones were available as
accessories: a recessed lensboard for short focus lenses, and the rising lensboard for "skyscraper" pictures. In 1928, it was offered at the same
time as the Folmer Commercial Camera.
References:
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
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
Catalogue No. 42 of Cameras, Kodaks, Lenses and
Photographic Accessories 1932-33, Central Camera
Co. (Chicago, IL), p. 39
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