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'''Cam-O Corp.''' was a camera maker in Kansas City, Missouri (USA).
 
  
===Cameras===
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'''Cam-O Corp.''' was a camera maker in Kansas City, Missouri (USA). Considering the scant history found online about the company, it seems to have made no great impression on the camera world.
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=="School camera"==
  
* "School camera", a wooden [[TLR]] camera for long [[46mm film]] or 1.75" film rolls, used for class shots.
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Cam-O manufactured a wooden [[TLR]] camera for long 46mm film or 1.75" film rolls, used for class photos.
  
Camera was sold in a 'kit' containing the camera, a tripod, light stands and heads (incandescent), a background stand and a window-shade-type painted backdrop. Everything you needed.  And it was all packed into a rather large carrying case.  It was intended mostly for the school photographer - those individual shots we all remember.
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This model was sold in a 'kit' containing the camera, a tripod, light stands and incandescent lamp heads, a background stand, and a window-shade-type painted backdrop. These were all packed into a rather large carrying case.
  
There was no focus allowed for - other than moving the camera back and forth. Lens was (at least on the one I have) a 4 1/2" Wollensak Raptar in an Alphax Heavy Duty shutter.
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Some touches to the camera are elegant, others pretty crude. There was no focus allowed for - other than by moving the camera back and forth. One known example includes a 4 1/2" Wollensak Raptar lens in an Alphax Heavy Duty shutter.
  
Some touches to the camera are elegant, others pretty crude.
 
  
The Kansas City. MO. company seems to have made no great impression on the camera world since history about the company is pretty much non-existent (at least on the Web).
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Latest revision as of 02:44, 30 October 2014


Cam-O Corp. was a camera maker in Kansas City, Missouri (USA). Considering the scant history found online about the company, it seems to have made no great impression on the camera world.

"School camera"

Cam-O manufactured a wooden TLR camera for long 46mm film or 1.75" film rolls, used for class photos.

This model was sold in a 'kit' containing the camera, a tripod, light stands and incandescent lamp heads, a background stand, and a window-shade-type painted backdrop. These were all packed into a rather large carrying case.

Some touches to the camera are elegant, others pretty crude. There was no focus allowed for - other than by moving the camera back and forth. One known example includes a 4 1/2" Wollensak Raptar lens in an Alphax Heavy Duty shutter.