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The '''3A Film Plate Special Premo''' was a folding bed plate camera for the special postcard format 3¼×5½. It had a thumb screw below the lens to fix the lens standard vertically. This and the other metal parts were nicely nickeled. The camera had a 90 degree turnable reflecting type finder on the folding bed. It was equipped with a fine lens/shutter combination. The one on the image above had a Kodak [[Zeiss]] lens made under license by Kodak, and a [[Compound]] shutter made under license by [[Bausch & Lomb]].
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The '''Filmplate Premo''' is a folding bed camera for plates and [[Film Pack|film packs]] in several sizes, made by [[Kodak]] from 1906-16.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}}, p515.</ref> It is similar to the [[Film Premo]], which was intended only for film packs. The camera illustrated is the No. 3A size, for postcard format (3&frac14;&times;5&frac12; inch); the camera was also made in quarter plate (3¼x4¼ inch), 4x5 inch and 5x7 inch sizes. McKeown states that from 1912, the cameras equipped with the best lenses and shutters were sold as the '''Filmplate ''Special'' Premo'''; the camera illustrated is a 'Special', with a [[Zeiss]]-Kodak Anastigmat (i.e. a Zeiss lens design made by Kodak under licence), and a [[Bausch & Lomb]] Compound shutter (again, made by B&L under licence from [[Deckel]]) with speeds 1 - 1/200 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. It has a thumb screw below the lens to fix the lens standard vertical. This and the other metal parts are nickel-plated. There is a brilliant finder, which can be turned for use in horizontal or vertical orientation.
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*[http://www.stronghorses.com/bstrong/cameras/cam_premo3AFP.htm 3A Film Plate Special Premo] on Bill Strong' site [http://www.stronghorses.com/]
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*[https://www.butkus.org/chinon/kodak/kodak_filmplate_premo/kodak_filmplate_premo.htm Filmplate Premo user manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/ Butkus.org]
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*[http://www.stronghorses.com/bstrong/cameras/cam_premo3AFP.htm 3A Filmplate Special Premo] on [http://www.stronghorses.com/ Bill Strong's site]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:59, 4 December 2022

The Filmplate Premo is a folding bed camera for plates and film packs in several sizes, made by Kodak from 1906-16.[1] It is similar to the Film Premo, which was intended only for film packs. The camera illustrated is the No. 3A size, for postcard format (3¼×5½ inch); the camera was also made in quarter plate (3¼x4¼ inch), 4x5 inch and 5x7 inch sizes. McKeown states that from 1912, the cameras equipped with the best lenses and shutters were sold as the Filmplate Special Premo; the camera illustrated is a 'Special', with a Zeiss-Kodak Anastigmat (i.e. a Zeiss lens design made by Kodak under licence), and a Bausch & Lomb Compound shutter (again, made by B&L under licence from Deckel) with speeds 1 - 1/200 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. It has a thumb screw below the lens to fix the lens standard vertical. This and the other metal parts are nickel-plated. There is a brilliant finder, which can be turned for use in horizontal or vertical orientation.


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  1. McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover)., p515.


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