Minimum-Palmos
The Minimum-Palmos was a strut folding viewfinder camera with fast focal plane shutter. It was made by Zeiss-Palmos circa since 1904 and later by Ica for the plate/sheet formats 4.5x6cm, 6.5x9cm, 6x9cm, 3¼x4¼inch, 9x12cm, 4x5inch and 13x18cm, 9x18cm (panorama), and for the stereo formats 9x12 and 9x18. Zeiss's f6.3 Tessars were the standard lens equipment. The cameras had a Newton type viewfinder. The shutter allowed speeds from 1/15 to 1/1000 sec.
format | f6.3 Tessar |
6x9 | 112mm |
9x12 | 150mm |
4x5 | 150mm |
9x18 | 136mm |
9x12 stereo | 2x 84mm |
Links
- Minimum Palmos at Pacific Rim Camera [1]