{"id":31931,"date":"2025-07-18T01:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31931"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T04:15:09","slug":"time-gentlemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/time-gentlemen\/","title":{"rendered":"time, gentlemen …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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c1900 Kodak 1A camera<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. When dry plates came along, cameras required a shutter to snap a fraction of a second exposure in sunlight. The late Stan White picked up a Kodak 1A along the way and experimented with it. The Bulb setting allowed the shutter to remain open as long as the release was depressed. The ‘time’ or Instantaneous setting was about 1\/25th of a second – great for use on bright, sunny, afternoons.<\/p>\n

Stan talks about his find as follows, “My interest is not in collecting antique\u00a0cameras as much as finding out how well\u00a0they fulfill their intended purpose.\u00a0I picked up the Kodak the No. 1A\u00a0Folding Pocket Kodak Camera in an\u00a0antique mall.<\/p>\n

“This is the last of a series of pull-out front, roll film cameras that appeared in 1897 and went through numerous minor changes until it was discontinued after 1905. The 1A was enlarged from\u00a0the original 2-1\/4\u201d x 3-1\/4\u201d to take 2-1\/2\u201d\u00a0x 4-1\/4\u201d exposures \u2013 particularly adapt<\/i>able to broad landscape views… and to\u00a0<\/i>portraiture <\/i>as Kodak literature states.<\/p>\n

“My\u00a0camera was fully functional but needed a\u00a0couple of hours clean up to bring it to\u00a0\u201cexcellent\u201d condition.\u00a0The construction is unusual: the interior is machined from hardwood while the\u00a0body itself is made of aluminum, covered\u00a0in black seal grain leather and completed\u00a0with a red bellows.<\/p>\n

“Simple spring-loaded\u00a0scissors hold the pull-out front rigidly in\u00a0place. The two viewfinders are simple mirror type and accurate. There is no tripod\u00a0bush but the wings on the front standard\u00a0allow the camera to be set down horizontal\u00a0on a flat surface. Used vertically there is\u00a0an adjustable notched rod that supports the\u00a0front.” …<\/p>\n

Members of course read all of Stan’s article in the issue 24-4 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/memory stick. You can join too. It’s easy! Follow ‘MEMBERSHIP’ above or ‘Membership’ at right (depends on how you pay). Questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit one of our 2025 Events (see right) and you may find a 1A for your collection (or perhaps another camera, lens, book, etc.). Up next is our fall camera fair in October!<\/p>\n

NB. Today I’m a piano and the ivories need a small touchup too …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. When dry plates came along, cameras required a shutter to snap a fraction of a second exposure in sunlight. The late Stan White picked up a Kodak 1A along the way and experimented with it. The Bulb setting allowed … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[2017,398,933],"class_list":["post-31931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-article","tag-camera","tag-phsc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31931"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31939,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31931\/revisions\/31939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}