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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 behind the shutter meniscus lens and no viewfinder.
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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 truely a fully functing minature for this period.
  
The top and one side of the camera have a V shape stamped into the leatherette cover to show the basic angle of view for the photographer.  
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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.  
  
The No. 00 Cartridge Premo used a No. 35 rollfilm (''unperforated paper backed motion picture film'') and created a 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 inch image. 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 motion picture film'') which creates a 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 inch negaive. The shutter has TIME and INSTANT settings. Kodak produced this little beauty between 1916 and 1922.
  
 
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Revision as of 05:01, 21 November 2007

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 truely a fully functing minature for this period.

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.

The Kodak No.00 Cartridge Premo takes a No. 35 rollfilm (unperforated paper backed motion picture film) which creates a 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 inch negaive. The shutter has TIME and INSTANT settings. Kodak produced this little beauty between 1916 and 1922.



File:Premo No. 00.jpg