{"product_id":"the-vigilant-1940s-kodak-folding-bellows-camera","title":"The Vigilant — 1940s Kodak Folding Bellows Camera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Vigilant is the drama of the whole collection — press the button and she unfolds like a stage set, black leather bellows stretching out on chrome struts, a proper 105mm coated Anastigmat lens at the end of them. Kodak built her in Rochester just after the war, 1946 to 1949, for photographers who wanted big 6x9 negatives from a camera that folded flat into a coat pocket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighty years on, her bellows are still completely light-tight — not a single pinhole, which is the thing collectors check first and almost never find. The shutter is honest about its age: it fires, but the original factory lubricant has gone gummy, so it’s sticky and slow. She’s sold as the display piece she was born to be — opened up on a shelf, she’s sculpture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother one from Haley’s collecting years, back when she was the one behind the lens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFolded, she’s about 6½ inches tall and slim as a paperback; open, the bellows reach out about 5 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Made New Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51546472022262,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/1110\/1430\/files\/DDEC5DEE-36E9-496C-8180-05D3C850A461.jpg?v=1787673396","url":"https:\/\/madenewcollective.com\/products\/the-vigilant-1940s-kodak-folding-bellows-camera","provider":"Made New Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}