Vest Pocket Kodak

The basic design of the Vest Pocket Kodak has a lens on a flat platform which extends manually from the body, sealed by a light-tight bellows.

The original version used a rectangular front lens standard extending on a pantograph mechanism and is a fixed-focus camera.

[4]: 68 The VPK Model B was introduced in 1925 and sold until 1934, bringing several notable updates, as the basic design switched to a folding-bed camera.

[11] VPK Series III cameras may be distinguished by the prominent "KODAK" branding on the lens support stand.

[5]: 179 A VPK was carried during the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and may offer proof that climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine reached the summit, but it has never been found.

Vest Pocket Kodak with f /7.7 Anastigmat lens, opened and front support deployed
VPK with meniscus achromat lens, view of the front lens standard, extended. The viewfinder is in the round hole at left, towards the top of the standard. An ornate lens nameplate surrounds the dish-shaped lens hood ; the shutter speed is set at the top and the aperture is set at the bottom.
Rear of Autographic VPK, showing flap and stylus holder