tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post3855611122642894723..comments2024-03-22T11:28:07.415-06:00Comments on Photography & Vintage Film Cameras: Kodak Flash BantamMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-26250899111277004022013-03-13T19:04:14.418-06:002013-03-13T19:04:14.418-06:00Very nice subject, and good work in a difficult li...Very nice subject, and good work in a difficult light. I love these old planes. Thanks for sharing! <br /><br />The camera is a worthy one.Julio Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927595214961421525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-81881968165145273632013-02-26T11:55:42.411-07:002013-02-26T11:55:42.411-07:00I think you are quite right. Teague's designs...I think you are quite right. Teague's designs contributed some additional functionality, but much of his work was aimed at giving products a contemporary style. One can see a lot of Deco ideas in the Kodak cameras associated with Teague including the Bantam, the Baby Brownie, the Beau Brownie, and the Bullet Camera.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-89858242004965094602013-02-26T10:44:11.400-07:002013-02-26T10:44:11.400-07:00I would expect that any outside designer would hav...I would expect that any outside designer would have to start with Kodak's functional requirements for the camera, which would significantly tilt their influence toward form, over function. It was the same in the auto industry. Loewy designed Studebaker's Avanti to have a distinctive form, but the car was still recognizably a car and the pedals were in the expected places.Jim Greyhttp://blog.jimgrey.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-65847523871176881002013-02-25T18:21:21.159-07:002013-02-25T18:21:21.159-07:00Sorry my skimpy explanation was not clear. The or...Sorry my skimpy explanation was not clear. The original design was produced. It was a compact but very basic design in terms of features. Over the next ten years or so, the design was elaborated into a line that included some very sophisticated cameras, including the high end Bantam Special rangefinder that commands a high price today from collectors. <br /><br />Kodak and the other major companies brought in big name designers such as Teague as much for their name recognition as for their design ideas. In fact, most of the features of the Bantam could be found in other models that were designed in-house. So, it is not clear how much was really owed to Teague's talents; though I think there is no question that the Bantam line included some of the most elegant products from the company during the 1930s and '40s.<br /><br />I'll have a good deal more to say about the Bantam once I have had a chance to work with it more.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-73880547358678886742013-02-25T17:21:22.843-07:002013-02-25T17:21:22.843-07:00Nice work with your Bantam.
Any idea why a 1935 d...Nice work with your Bantam.<br /><br />Any idea why a 1935 design didn't see fruition for 12 years?Jim Greyhttp://blog.jimgrey.netnoreply@blogger.com