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''There is also the strut-folding [[Pocket Poco A]], by the same maker.''
 
''There is also the strut-folding [[Pocket Poco A]], by the same maker.''
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The '''Pocket Poco''' is a small [[folding]] bed plate camera for the [[plate sizes|quarter plate format]] 3&frac14; &times; 4&frac14; ". It was made by [[Rochester Camera and Supply Co.]] of Rochester, New York, between 1893 and 1905.<ref>[http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=308& 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".
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It has an f/8 [[Rapid Rectilinear]] lens made by Bausch and Lomb,<ref name=Harvard>[http://waywiser.fas.harvard.edu/objects/13503/folding-plate-camera-pocket-poco Pocket Poco] in [https://chsi.harvard.edu/collection 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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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.
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|image_text= Advertisement of 1902 in Munsey's Magazine,<br/>offering the Pocket Poco for $9.<br/>
 
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The '''Pocket Poco''' is a small [[folding]] bed plate camera for the [[plate sizes|quarter plate format]] 3&frac14; &times; 4&frac14; ". 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&currentrecord=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>
 
 
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.
 
 
  
  
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 5 April 2022

There is also the strut-folding Pocket Poco A, by the same maker.

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.


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