Bidspirit auction | A Vintage Kodisk Lens Attachment


A Vintage Kodisk Lens Attachment Retail Display Set by Kodak Limited London A comprehensive collection of vintage photographic lens attachments and accessories, manufactured primarily by Kodak Limited, London. The set is housed in its original black textured cardboard display case, featuring a flip-up lid with an integrated promotional and instructional display board. This board includes comparative black-and-white photographs demonstrating the effects of cloud filters, close-up lenses, and lens hoods. The assortment comprises a large number of individually boxed items including Kodisk Cloud Filters (Yellow), Kodisk Haze Filters, and Kodak Portra Lenses (Types +1, +2, and +3). These are provided in various standard slip-on sizes such as No. 250, 285, 320, and 370, corresponding to the millimetre diameter of the lens mounts they are designed to fit. The collection further includes several Kodisk lens hoods, a German-market Kodak AG Stuttgart-Wangen lens hood for Retina Reflex models, and a Brilliant Reflecting View-Finder for a Six-20 Folding Brownie. Also present are early Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y. portrait attachments and No. 235 Brownie filters. The set is complete with various instructional leaflets, coupling rings, and printed lens-to-subject distance charts. Visible markings throughout the collection include Kodak Limited London, Eastman Kodak Co., and Kodak AG. Many of the internal boxes bear contemporary handwritten price markings or stock codes.