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− | The '''Pocket Poco''' is a small [[folding]] bed plate camera for the [[plate sizes|quarter plate format]] 3¼ × 4¼ ". It was made by [[Rochester Camera and Supply Co.] of Rochester, New York, between 1893 and 1905.<ref>[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=pocketpoco Pocket Poco] at [http://www.historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera].</ref> In the advertisement on the right it was advertised as "the smallest complete camera ever constructed". | + | The '''Pocket Poco''' is a small [[folding]] bed plate camera for the [[plate sizes|quarter plate format]] 3¼ × 4¼ ". It was made by [[Rochester Camera and Supply Co.]] of Rochester, New York, between 1893 and 1905.<ref>[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=pocketpoco Pocket Poco] at [http://www.historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera].</ref> In the advertisement on the right it was advertised as "the smallest complete camera ever constructed". |
It has an f/8 [[Rapid Rectilinear]] lens made by Bausch and Lomb,<ref name=Harvard>[http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=searchrequest&newsearch=1&moduleid=1&profile=objects¤trecord=1&searchdesc=folding%20plate%20camera,%20Pocket%20Poco&style=single&rawsearch=id/,/is/,/13503/,/false/,/true Pocket Poco] in [http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/eMuseum.asp?lang=EN Harvard University's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments]</ref> and a pneumatically operated two-bladed shutter with 'I', 'T' and 'B' settings.<ref>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ Early Photography] shows a [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_S12.html Bausch and Lomb ITB shutter].</ref> | It has an f/8 [[Rapid Rectilinear]] lens made by Bausch and Lomb,<ref name=Harvard>[http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=searchrequest&newsearch=1&moduleid=1&profile=objects¤trecord=1&searchdesc=folding%20plate%20camera,%20Pocket%20Poco&style=single&rawsearch=id/,/is/,/13503/,/false/,/true Pocket Poco] in [http://dssmhi1.fas.harvard.edu/emuseumdev/code/eMuseum.asp?lang=EN Harvard University's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments]</ref> and a pneumatically operated two-bladed shutter with 'I', 'T' and 'B' settings.<ref>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ Early Photography] shows a [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_S12.html Bausch and Lomb ITB shutter].</ref> |
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Advertisement of 1902 in Munsey's Magazine, offering the Pocket Poco for $9. (Image rights) |
The Pocket Poco is a small folding bed plate camera for the quarter plate format 3¼ × 4¼ ". It was made by Rochester Camera and Supply Co. of Rochester, New York, between 1893 and 1905.[1] In the advertisement on the right it was advertised as "the smallest complete camera ever constructed".
It has an f/8 Rapid Rectilinear lens made by Bausch and Lomb,[2] and a pneumatically operated two-bladed shutter with 'I', 'T' and 'B' settings.[3]
The body and bed are of mahogany, covered with leather. It has red bellows, and nickel-plated fittings. There is a brilliant finder on the front of the bed.