KODAK BULLET No. 2 SPECIAL
1898


This is the “Special” version of the No. 2 Bullet. The key difference was that the Special had a far superior lens, shutter, and aperture settings. A drop-down front door allowed access to the high-quality Bausch & Lomb lens to adjust aperture, shutter speed, or settings for instantaneous or time exposures. However the No. 2 Special had fixed focus which was not adjustable. The Special was priced at a substantial $18, well over double the price of a standard Bullet or Bull's-Eye No. 2.


Like the standard No. 2 Bullet, the Bullet Special differs from the equivalent Bull's-Eye Special in that it is capable of using either glass plates or roll film. An internal wood block, with the red exposure window for film, could be removed and a plate holder inserted through a door on the side.


The Bullet Special was discontinued in 1904, due to declining interest in plate cameras among amateur photographers. Only 4,000 were produced. (Kodak would return to the Bullet name in the 1930s.)



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