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Jiffy Kodak V.P.
This is the "Jiffy Kodak V.P." It is a bakelite, compact, folding camera made by Koda from 1935 to 1942. The letters "V.P." in the camera's model name stands for "Vest Pocket" When the Jiffy Kodak V.P. debuted in 1935, it retailed for about $5.00 USD.
This camera is just one of the many cameras that were designed by the American industrial engineer Walter Dorwin Teague. In designing the V.P., Teauge took advantage of the 127 format's smaller film size to design a much sleeker and compact pocket folding camera than earlier models, such as the Jiffy Six-20 Series
The camera features a fixed focus doublet lens, with an everset shutter with "Instant" and "B" settings. There is a slider that allows the user to select the aperture size, either "large" or "small". The camera also features two shutter release leavers, one on the short edge of the lensboard and the other on the lower, long edge for landscapes or portraits, along with a folding "brace" for standing the camera on a flat surface. The camera will produce eight 6x4.5cm frames on a standard roll of 127 rollfilm.
There were even different lens attachments available for the Kodak V.P., including a close-up lens attachment which allowed the photographer to take pictures 3 1/2 feet (1.06m) from the subject, and a "Diffusion Portrait Attachment", which was similar but gave a soft-focus effect.
A downloadable PDF of the manual for this camera can be found at:
Jiffy Kodak V.P.
This is the "Jiffy Kodak V.P." It is a bakelite, compact, folding camera made by Koda from 1935 to 1942. The letters "V.P." in the camera's model name stands for "Vest Pocket" When the Jiffy Kodak V.P. debuted in 1935, it retailed for about $5.00 USD.
This camera is just one of the many cameras that were designed by the American industrial engineer Walter Dorwin Teague. In designing the V.P., Teauge took advantage of the 127 format's smaller film size to design a much sleeker and compact pocket folding camera than earlier models, such as the Jiffy Six-20 Series
The camera features a fixed focus doublet lens, with an everset shutter with "Instant" and "B" settings. There is a slider that allows the user to select the aperture size, either "large" or "small". The camera also features two shutter release leavers, one on the short edge of the lensboard and the other on the lower, long edge for landscapes or portraits, along with a folding "brace" for standing the camera on a flat surface. The camera will produce eight 6x4.5cm frames on a standard roll of 127 rollfilm.
There were even different lens attachments available for the Kodak V.P., including a close-up lens attachment which allowed the photographer to take pictures 3 1/2 feet (1.06m) from the subject, and a "Diffusion Portrait Attachment", which was similar but gave a soft-focus effect.
A downloadable PDF of the manual for this camera can be found at: