The Kodak Pony 828 camera

Camera

A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...

 was made from 1949 until 1959.

It featured a retractable lens mount with a four speed Flash 200 shutter and Anaston 51 mm f/4.5 triplet lens and came with a fitted leather case. The body was made of bakelite, which was a very common camera body material at that time and while the initial version of this camera used 828 film

828 film

828 is a film format for still photography. Kodak introduced it in 1935, only a year after 135 film. 828 film was introduced with the Kodak Bantam, a consumer-level camera....

, the four later versions were adapted to use 135 film

135 film

The term 135 was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular photographic film format...

. Focus was achieved by estimation and the use of a depth of field scale on the face of the shutter assembly and a flashbulb holder could be connected to the shutter by way of an ASA post. The shutter was manually armed rather than being automatically cocked when the film was advance as in more modern cameras.

Technical specifications

• Shutter speeds: B, 1/25th, 1/50th, 1/100th, and 1/200th
• Apertures: f/4.5 to f/22
• Filter size: Series V
• Adapter diameter: 1 1/8"
• Film Size: 828
• Exposures per roll: 8