Discontinued
Kfilm camera
Kodak Pony II
Format
135, 24x36 mm
System
Kodak Pony
Is Film
Yes
Shutter
single speed; name and speed NOT SOURCED
Metering
none
Research
Kodak AA-13; Kodak Pony 135 and Pony II instruction books (cameramanuals.org); Historic Camera datasheets; camerapedia. NOTE: the Pony 828 and Pony IV instruction-book scans returned interstitial content only, so those two rows rest on secondary sources rather than on Kodak documents.
Produced 1957–1962 · medium confidencehttps://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-pony-ii spec_notes for the sourcing and any conflict.
Category: Film Camera
Format
135, 24x36 mm
System
Kodak Pony
Shutter
single speed; name and speed NOT SOURCED
Metering
none
Spec Notes
Kodak's own manual, print code 8-57-CH-ABX, reads 'KODAK ANASTAR 44mm, f/3.9, Lumenized' and gives an 'EXPOSURE VALUE SCALE 9.5 to 15' - the aperture is marked ONLY in exposure values, not in f-numbers. M sync. The shutter is single-speed and Kodak names neither the shutter nor its speed; the figure of about 1/60 in circulation is one blogger's estimate and is not recorded. Three dimensions from the Pony IV. Weight and dimensions NOT SOURCED. 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 Anastar 44mm f/3.9, Lumenized
Rangefinder
No
Alternate Names
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Introduced
1957
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