No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. (model A, c.1917) [1] image by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. is a medium format film folding bed camera made by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA and produced between 1914-27 with quantity 800.000+ units.

This camera is a rare model and offered many lens/shutter combinations. There are Special models of Autographic Jr. cameras with various lenses, shutters and/or improved features or superior finish. [2]

This camera is a rare model and offered many lens/shutter combinations. There are Special models of Autographic Jr. cameras with various lenses, shutters and/or improved features or superior finish. [2]

Film: A-120 roll "Autographic"; picture size: 6x9cm

Engraving on the hand grip: Kodak

Plate on front of the lens standard: No.1 Autographic Kodak Jr. [3]

Lens: Bausch & Lomb Rapid Rectilinear. [4]

Aperture: US stops: 4 - 64 (equal to f/8-f/32); setting: lever and scale on the shutter, no click stops

Focusing: Fixed focus, pull-out the bellows until it clicks

Shutter: Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter, leaf type; speeds: 1/25, 1/50, +B & T

The shutter blades are on front of the lens; setting: lever and scale on top of the shutter

Cocking and Shutter release: by the same lever on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once then release the lever, the shutter cocks, opens and closes

Cable release socket: on the shutter

Viewfinder: Waist level brilliant view finder, folds up when the camera closed, turning left on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the lens standard

Winding lever: on the right side of the camera

Bellows: single extension

Bellows opening: front cover opens by a knob on the left upper side of the camera, under the covering, then pull-out the bellows by engaging its rails until it clicks and stops

Closing: simply pull-in the bellows by pressing the latch on the right lover side of the lens standard, front cover closes by pressing the struts

Back cover: removable, opens by pressing the latches on the two sides, w/ red window

Autographic: there is an aperture on the back cover with a spring lid and a nice chrome stylus, which allows to write the data on the film back paper

Relief on the lid: Use Autographic Film No. A-120