[An arbitrary word invented by Mr. G. Eastman for trade-mark purposes.] A special type of portable photographic camera with a continuous roll of flexible sensitized film upon which successive photographic negatives are made.
1890. Kodak Man., 9. The Principal Thing To learn in using the Kodak is to Hold it steady while pressing the button.
1890. Rev. of Rev., II. 489/2. The use of even a kodak is attended with considerable difficulty and peril.
1893. Mrs. C. Praed, Outlaw & Lawmaker, III. 124. A clever young ‘new-chum’ … who had brought a Kodak, took photographs, grouping the stockmen and black-boys and guests.
fig. 1899. F. C. Gould, in Westm. Gaz., 6 Sept., 1/3. Printed on the endless roll of sensitised material with which our brain kodaks are fitted.
b. transf. A photograph taken with a kodak.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 22 Oct., 2/3. That a photographer in ambush could get … a ‘Kodak’ of the document, which would be legible under a microscope.
c. attrib.
1890. Kodak Man., 98. Any Kodak negatives that will make a good contact print, will make a good enlargement of any size.
1893. F. Harrison, in Westm. Gaz., 10 April, 3/2. The Kodak school of romance, the snap-shots at every day realism with a hand camera.
