posted on November 16, 2003 08:38:01 PM new
We got this old Kodak box camera from a friend in his late 80's, it belonged to his father when he was a young man. I have checked on eBay and the Kodak websites, but I can only find the 2A and this is an older version, I think from 1902, as I saw it in a French advertising poster. It is in incredible condition, the roller for the film is wooden, and it takes a 116 film. I just don't know what to call it, it may be a 1A, but I don't want to put that without knowing for sure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
posted on November 16, 2003 09:26:40 PM new
dadofstickboy-I have seen the 2A with the details inside the back cover. The cover of mine does not come off, and there is no writing inside, on the back outside it says "MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN KODAK CO. LTD, TORONTO" and "Takes 116 film", no other writing. I have looked through all the ones on the web sites given, one sounds similar with the eyelet holes, but it says it's made in the U.S.
posted on November 16, 2003 09:44:15 PM new
This one really has the physical appearance of yours.
only dif. I can see is yours is all black, this one is not.
posted on November 17, 2003 03:40:38 AM new
heres another site you might try to e-mail ...they seem to know alot about CANADIAN KODAK CO.
http://www.phsc.ca/SheanCameraK.html
posted on November 17, 2003 05:35:07 AM new
Owww! My heart beat faster when I saw the thread title. I love cameras but we collect stereo and miniature cameras and I am not very knowledgeable about the Kodaks of this period. There were so many models.
I will look in my price guides for this model and report what I find. I suggest that (barring the possibility that this model has some unexpected feature or that Canadian made cameras are much more uncommon) that so many Kodaks were made in this period that the value is not high for most even in very good condition.
I'll report what I find in the price guide.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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posted on November 17, 2003 07:05:46 AM new
Thank you photosensative, and everyone! I am sure you are right, what I have is the No.2A Model B. It doesn't say what it is made of, I think it must be leather covered board, I don't think the body is metal. I really appeciate all the help, I had no idea there were so many old models out there! It seems as if people hung onto their old cameras.
posted on November 17, 2003 07:40:41 AM new
Dadofstickboy
I am not sure, maybe it is the No.3, Model B, there seems to be just subtle differences, it's very hard to know just what to call it, I think I am going to have to put in my listing that I THINK it is this or that. Does yours have the little round eyelet closures? The backplate of mine does not come off, the body just lift out.
posted on November 17, 2003 07:54:28 AM new
amber,
I went page by page in the Kodak section of McKeown's 2001-2002 price guide (the bible of camera price guides) and did not find one that took 116 that looks the same as yours. If you put Canada in the title and agree to ship to Canada I think that is the best change to get the most for it.
Good luck.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on November 17, 2003 09:39:52 AM new
dadofstickboy
It looks quite different, I think mine is an earlier model, it seems to have less on it. In order to work the shutter, you have to push the lever down to open it, and back up to close it.
photosensative
Thanks, I will take your advise. I just going to call it a 2A, made in Canada, and with no model #.
posted on November 17, 2003 09:56:06 AM new
amber,
Does it say 2a anywhere on the camera? If not I would be careful about listing it with that in the title. Camera collectors can be fanatical about model designations. I had a friend who is a dealer in photographic objects who listed a camera model in all caps in his title and got an angry bidder when the auction was over because there was some difference in the model if one letter was upper or lower case. I would suggest that in the description you say, "resembles 2a cameras I have seen." Listing as a Kodak Canada box camera in the title may get more lookers.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on November 17, 2003 10:32:42 AM new
Thanks photosensative, no, there is absolutely no indictation of any kind as to model #, or anything else, just the fact that it is Kodak Canada, and takes 116 film.
