The Kodak Company was started  by George Eastman. Eastman, an American, was throughly fascinated with still photography and cameras. He always believed the still camera was an amazing invention, but thought that it did need to be improved. Eastman felt that the cameras of his day were too bulky, heavy, and not user friendly to the average person; so in 1879 he left the United States for London to start a company that would solve this problem and revolutionize the photography industry.

At the time, London was the “…center of the photographic and business world and so it was the perfect place to start a new business. Eastman received his first patent for the plate-coating machine in 1879. The plate-coating machine, a quicker more efficient way to get pictures on film in the camera, was just a stepping stone in creating cameras for everyday people.

In 1880, new inventions and patents by Eastman impressed a fellow photography businessman, Henry A. Strong. Strong was so impressed by Eastman, that he invested into Eastman’s company to form a partnership. The new partnership produced The Eastman Dry Plate Company. Because of this new partnership and responsibilities, Eastman decided to resign from his part-time job at Rochester(England) Savings Bank and put all of his concentration into improving cameras, film, and photo developing.

In 1895 The Pocket KODAK Camera was announced. It used roll film and incorporated a small window through which positioning numbers for exposures could be read. Pocket Kodaks were extremely small (2 and 3/16 x 3 x 4 inches) and lightweight (6 ounces), and took 1½ x 2 inch exposures on 102 size rollfilm, introduced just for this camera. They were first available in 1895 with either black or red leather covering.

Original Price was $5.00   Estimated Value  $ 300.00

Qinhai International Photo Art Festival is hosting ASMP South Florida’s “The Light of Florida” featured South Florida Photographer Tom C. Robison

Tom’s  images  submitted and featured in the upcoming South Florida Table Top Book Project will be part of the print exhibition  July 20 to July 23,2010

in the 2010 China (Qinhai) Sanjiangyuan International Photographic Art Festival in Xining held in  the capital city of Qinhai province, China.

There are controls on the front giving a choice of apertures, f11, f16, f22 (Daci) or f8 & f11 (Daci II), and focus ranges of 1.5-4m and 4m-∞. The camera uses 120 Film taking twelve 6x6cm images per roll• I use this camera for the fun of it and it’s unique view of the world.

a few of the location images produced for Windsor Jet Management

and 1st Line Oncology

PHOTO TIP : Try taking something that you have  quite  a few of and build a shot out of that concept- try a little natural selective focus by using a longer focal length lens with a shallow depth of field.