One of the challenges in developing a site about old cameras is that new information keeps appearing and I keep learning. While the site started as a small collection of pages describing the cameras I lusted for but couldn't afford as a boy, my research into this area has become something of an obsession and as my interest in Kodak collecting grew, so did my interest in other photographic areas. As the medium and large format interests grew, providing information on the Kodak site became increasingly inappropriate and a seperate site attempting to inform photographers new to large format equipment developed.

Early sites that shaped my view of Web-based information about Kodak included those developed by Walker Mangum , Chris Eve , and Bob Monaghan. I've found many other sites that have enriched my understanding of Kodak, Kodak collecting and camera design and maintenance, may of which you can find more about in my links pages. Forums have become a rich source of information about Kodak cameras and lenses, but in general finding information on forums is diffused than it is on single-topic sites and where I discover new information, I try to bring it here. So special thanks are due to those who have given permission to reproduce there work here.

Most of the factual information on this site has come from Kodak publications which, though very old, were published in the same era as the equipment they document. Kodak publications were characteristic of house publications of the time--well written, current and erring only in being tastefully hyperbolic about Kodak products. Over the production period dealt with here, Kodak product information seems to have been accurate in describing features, construction and to accurately measure performance. I try to insure that the information included here has a high probability of validity, and where that validity is in doubt, that I give you a clue to that.

I am always happy to hear from visitors and especially when they can add authoritative information that I was unaware of or correct an error. If I can explain something more fully either on the site or in an email, please feel free to write, using the Comments? address at the bottom of each page.