The lens section of this Kodak site in general replicates the organization of information that Kodak used in publishing its Reference, Professional, Industrial and Color Handbooks and the Kodak Data Books that could be bound in them. This arrangement was a conscious decision to maintain the experience that others of a certain age will recall, and perhaps savor, of browsing through Kodak books. Younger visitors, particularly those adept at searching out information on the Internet, may find my organization frustrating and dinosaur-like.

Noted. So while the table below doesn't benefit from search engine features, it does attempt to list on one page most of the advanced amateur and professional still camera and enlarging lenses that Kodak made during the period 1935 through 1965. Only those lenses listed in the Handbooks or Lenses and Shutters Data Books are included, though I have tried to supplement these entries with information from other reliable sources. Jim and Joan McKeown's Collectors Guide to Kodak Cameras has been especially valuable in establishing production dates. Those interested in entry-level cameras or cameras produced beyond 1965 may find what they are looking for in the growing collection at http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Category :K or some of the other sites on my External Links: Kodak page, .

While I have limited the contents of this site to Kodak publications, I am indebted to several forums where collectors and users have reported the many variations to standard Kodak production. Such sites are important ways of building our understanding of reliable information about Kodak lenses. It is especially useful to have reports of Kodak lens performance where those who are testing are following structured testing procedures.

The lenses below are grouped by their branded name, then by their focal length. Many existing lenses were redesigned in about 1946 and were renamed, so very similar lenses may appear in the index in two entries. Ciné-Kodak and Kodak projector lenses are not included on this site because I do not know enough about these applications to make an informed presentation.

(This page is a new feature initialized in September 2010; there are undoubtedly errors and omissions which I would appreciate knowing about via the email address below.)

Kodak Recomar 18
Kodak Recomar 33
Compur

1937-
1948

Kodak Vigilant 620
Kodak Vigilant 616)/
Diomatic
(616 discontinued ~ 1947)

f /4.5, 5 in
f /4.5, 5 1/2 in
f /4.5, 6 3/8 in
f /4.5, 7 1/2 in
f /4.5, 8 1/2 in
f /4.5, 10 in
f /4.5, 12 in
Unmounted lenses for press and view cameras

Kodak 35 / Diomatic
Pony 828/Flash 200
Pony 135/Flash 200

Kodak Monitor 620
Kodak Vigilant 620
Kodak Tourist
Kodak Tourist II/
Kodamatic
Flash Kodamatic

Kodak Monitor 620
Kodak Vigilant 620
Kodak Tourist
Kodak Tourist II/
Kodamatic
Flash Kodamatic

Medalist , Medalist II
No 2 Supermatic,
No 2 Flash Supermatic

Press and view cameras
Flash Supermatic
Synchro-Rapid 800
#0

†
Occassionally Kodak lens designers reversed the elements in the rear group of the Tessar design so that the positive element was next to the stop. This arrangement was used for the 50mm f/3.5 Ektar for the Ektra and in the 50mm f /3.5 Anastigmat Special on the Kodak 35.

‡ These lenses were later offered in Synchro Compur shutters. Kodak data books no longer included lens
   and shutter data for professional cameras after 1952, so do not reflect these later Ektars for press and
   view cameras. Later examples of the 101mm f/4.5 and 105mm f/3.7 may have been sold in Compur shutters,
   though I have not seen any.