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The '''Kodak No.00 Cartridge Premo''' was [[Kodak]]'s smallest box camera.  It measures only 2½H x 2W x 3L .  It has a simple rotary shutter with a single f/stop and a behind the shutter meniscus lens and no viewfinder. The camera was truly a fully functional miniature for this period.  
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The '''Cartridge Premo''' cameras were simple cardboard-bodied box cameras made by [[Eastman Kodak]] in the United States, from about 1916. They take rollfilm (this is what ''cartridge'' refers to) rather than the film packs used by the '''Premo Junior''' box cameras of around the same time.
  
The top and one side of the camera have a V shape stamped into the leatherette cover to show the approximate angle of view for the photographer.  
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The '''No.00 Cartridge Premo''' was Kodak's smallest box camera. It measures only 2½×2×3 inches (height×width×depth). It has a simple rotary shutter with a single f/stop, a meniscus lens (behind the shutter) and no viewfinder (there is scarcely room). Instead, the top and one side of the camera have a V shape stamped into the leatherette to show the approximate angle of view.  
  
The Kodak No.00 Cartridge Premo takes a No. 35 rollfilm (''unperforated paper backed motion picture film'') which creates a 1¼ x 1¾ inch negative. The shutter has TIME and INSTANT settings. Kodak produced this little beauty between 1916 and 1922.
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The Kodak No.00 Cartridge Premo takes a No. 35 rollfilm (unperforated paper backed cine film) which creates a 1¼×1¾ inch negative. The shutter has TIME and INSTANT settings. Kodak produced this little beauty between 1916 and 1922.
  
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There were several larger models:<ref>{{McKeown12}} p514.</ref>
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* The '''No. 2 Cartridge Premo''' (2¼×3¼ inch exposures on 120 film).
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* The '''No. 2A Cartridge Premo''' (2½×4¼ inch on 116 film), as pictured here.
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* The '''No. 2 Cartridge Premo''' (2⅞×4⅞ inch).
  
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These have portrait and landscape viewfinders.
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* [http://www.boxcameras.com/00cartpremo.html No. 00 Cartridge Premo Camera] on [http://www.boxcameras.com/index.html BoxCameras.com]
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* [http://www.boxcameras.com/00cartpremo.html No. 00 Cartridge Premo Camera] on [http://www.boxcameras.com/index.html BoxCameras.com] -->
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/00_cartridge_Premo.php Cartridge Premo 00] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/kodak/html/00_cartridge_Premo.php Cartridge Premo 00] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
  
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Revision as of 15:15, 18 September 2011

The Cartridge Premo cameras were simple cardboard-bodied box cameras made by Eastman Kodak in the United States, from about 1916. They take rollfilm (this is what cartridge refers to) rather than the film packs used by the Premo Junior box cameras of around the same time.

The No.00 Cartridge Premo was Kodak's smallest box camera. It measures only 2½×2×3 inches (height×width×depth). It has a simple rotary shutter with a single f/stop, a meniscus lens (behind the shutter) and no viewfinder (there is scarcely room). Instead, the top and one side of the camera have a V shape stamped into the leatherette to show the approximate angle of view.

The Kodak No.00 Cartridge Premo takes a No. 35 rollfilm (unperforated paper backed cine film) which creates a 1¼×1¾ inch negative. The shutter has TIME and INSTANT settings. Kodak produced this little beauty between 1916 and 1922.

There were several larger models:[1]

  • The No. 2 Cartridge Premo (2¼×3¼ inch exposures on 120 film).
  • The No. 2A Cartridge Premo (2½×4¼ inch on 116 film), as pictured here.
  • The No. 2 Cartridge Premo (2⅞×4⅞ inch).

These have portrait and landscape viewfinders.

  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). p514.

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