First Kodak bellows cameras

Two years after the introduction of the revolutionary Kodak box camera, Eastman put a new important camera on the market. In July 1890 the No. 4 Folding Kodak appeared. It is the first folding camera for roll film only. The early versions of the No. 4 Folding Kodak are typical cameras for the more well to do amateurs. Soon improvements began to appear and an adapter for plate holders became available. The design of the camera was changed so that it could take plate holders or a roll holder. Old models could be converted. More complicated shutters were used and by 1893 the Improved model had evolved into a camera for the serious (amateur) photographer. It featured double swing back, horizontal and vertical front movement, sophisticated shutters and dropping baseboard for use with wide angle lenses. With all this it was no camera anymore for the snap shooting tourist.