Kodak Folding Cartridge Premo
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The Folding Cartridge Premo cameras are a series of folding cameras for roll film, made by Eastman Kodak from about 1916 until the mid-20s (see also the Cartridge Premo box cameras of about the same time). They might be seen as an extension of the Film Premo film pack cameras (cartridge refers to roll film). They have rather simple meniscus achromat or Rapid Rectilinear lenses, and the Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter, giving speeds 1/25 and 1/50 second, plus 'B' and 'T'. Focusing is by simply pulling the lens standard forward with a focusing scale on the bed (squeezing clips on each side of the standard to release it). Examples vary in details: apertures are marked in Kodak's own simplified system (numbered 1 - 4) in the example pictured near right, but are marked in Universal System stops (stops 4-64, equivalent to f/8-f/32) in the example shown far right. The cameras have a brilliant finder.
McKeown lists several sizes:[1]
- No. 2 (2¼×3¼ inch on 120 film)
- No. 2A (2½×4¼ inch on 116 film)
- No. 2C (2⅞×4⅞ inch on 130 film)
- No. 3A (3¼×5½ inch on 122 film)
Notes
- ↑ 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.
