Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Kodak Medalist II
Format
620, 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 in
System
Kodak Medalist
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
Kodak Flash Supermatic, nine speeds 1 to 1/400 + B, built-in flash sync
Metering
none
Research
Kodak AA-13; Kodak Medalist sales brochures 7791 7-41 and 7782 12-44 (PRC 03089, 03107); Medalist II brochure 7791 2-47 (PRC 00830); Medalist/II parts list 2370A and service manual 1-2370 (PRC 02183, 02184); Kodak Reflex brochure A3-8 4-48 (PRC 01606); Reflex II brochure A3-8 4-49 (PRC 01997) and instruction book 2-52 (PRC 02564); Chevron brochure A3-645 10-53 (PRC 02000), instruction book 9-53 (PRC 01313) and service manual 5510-A (PRC 02155); Kodak Stereo instruction book (cameramanuals.org) and parts list 5512 (PRC 02201).
Produced 1946–1953https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/01541/01541.pdfMARKET DATES from Kodak Customer Service Pamphlet AA-13, whose columns are headed 'ON THE MARKET FROM / TO' - NOT production dates, and no Kodak-published production date exists for this camera. See gear_items.kodak-medalist-ii spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
620, 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 in
System
Kodak Medalist
Shutter
Kodak Flash Supermatic, nine speeds 1 to 1/400 + B, built-in flash sync
Metering
none
Spec Notes
THE LENS IS NOT A NEW DESIGN. Kodak's 1947 brochure gives the same 100mm f/3.5 five-element Ektar, now Lumenized, with '54 degree coverage, flat field and no measurable coma or linear distortion'. The differentiator is the coating, not the formula. Two hardware dimensions carry the row: the shutter (Supermatic No. 2 to Flash Supermatic with built-in synchronisation) and the body (ASA bayonet flash socket added, SELF-TIMER DELETED to make room for it, fine-focus wheel deleted, two tripod sockets added, shutter-lock collar removed). The focusing scale is indexed for visible AND INFRARED light. Kodak's own parts list documents Early and Late Medalist II sub-variants at part-number level; those are folded as generations. PRICES DISAGREE ACROSS SOURCES: Kodak's brochure gives $225 plus $37.50 excise = $262.50 and one secondary source independently gives $262, while another gives $312.50 - none is recorded. Weight and dimensions NOT SOURCED for this model; Kodak published them for the Medalist but not here. Body serial present; no serial-to-year table. DATING: the fitted lens carries Kodak's CAMEROSITY two-letter year prefix on its serial (C=1 A=2 M=3 E=4 R=5 O=6 S=7 I=8 T=9 Y=0), stamped on the ring securing the front group. This gives the LENS year, not the body's, and a swapped lens dates the wrong object - a documented hazard, one collector owning a Medalist I wearing a Medalist II lens. DATES ARE MARKET DATES, NOT PRODUCTION. Kodak's own AA-13 heads its columns 'ON THE MARKET FROM / TO', and no Kodak-published production date exists for any camera in this slice - every third-party 'production years' figure checked is a restatement of AA-13.
Fitted Lens
Kodak Ektar 100mm f/3.5 Lumenized, five elements
Rangefinder
Yes
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1946
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