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     Adrian Rating: N/A |
Steve, I presume as you say your Vest pocket camera is Autographic that it must be a Kodak. I have a number of ancient Kodak Box Brownies and in every single one the single lens is behind the shutter. It seems to have been a standard design, and some of their cheap folding cameras such as the Hawkette appear to use the same shutter and presumably (as it is a simple meniscus design) lens. So your lens is just well-hidden. I wonder whether this was deliberate to protect it, though it does make cleaning them a bit fiddly! I've never taken a VPK apart so I cannot vouch for its construction, but you may find it surprisingly archaic. The No2 Box Brownies continued to have a lump of wood at their heart until 1933, and if you compare them with (say) an All-Distance Ensign, you begin to realise how Kodak kept them selling - they must have been a LOT cheaper! Hope that helps, Adrian |