I may rename it Bi-monthly Pic of the Month (BMPOTM).
The BMPOTM is a Kodak Bantam Special - circa 1939. A friend recently brought over a camera his father bought pre-WWII. February 4, 1939 to be exact, for a whopping $90.13. The original receipt and all the paperwork are still in the original box!
Seeing this is a weak attempt at a blog about photography... I thought it would make a good subject.
The Kodak Bantam is a folding camera using Kodak's 828 film format (35mm film with only 1 perforation per image). It was a very compact camera, designed by the famous Walter Dorwin Teague. The basic model had a 1:12.5 Doublet lens and a single speed shutter. It appeared in 1935, together with another model that had a 1:6.3 lens and a rigid finder. Most Bantams were strut folders, but the F.8 model of 1938 had a rectangular pull-out lens tube instead. The luxurious Bantam Special was launched in 1936.
Enjoy! Here's the complete gallery.
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