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+ | The '''Pony Premo No. 3''' is one of [[Rochester Optical Co.]]'s famous wooden drop bed folding view cameras. It was made for the popular 4×5" film plate format. It has an exciting feature, a diaphragm that can be stopped down to f128. Such a small aperture might cause diffraction problems when actually used. Therefore the camera's aperture scale reaches a bigger aperture than f8 on its other end. Five different shutter speeds from 1 sec. to 1/100 sec. plus T and B mode , and a rapid rectilinear lens of [[Kodak]] let it be a mighty instrument for the ambitious amateur of its time. But it has just a reflecting type viewfinder. Maybe the camera's "Victor" shutter is an advanced version of Bausch & Lomb's famous Unicum shutter, with one piston for speed control, and the other to connect the air tube of a shutter release bulb. The camera model was continued when Kodak took over Rochester Optical. | ||
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*[http://www.pdfcameramanuals.net/kodak/kodak_pony_premo_3_4/kodak_pony_premo_3_4.htm Manual of the Kodak versions of the Pony Premo No. 3 and 4] at www.pdfcameramanuals.net [http://www.pdfcameramanuals.net] | *[http://www.pdfcameramanuals.net/kodak/kodak_pony_premo_3_4/kodak_pony_premo_3_4.htm Manual of the Kodak versions of the Pony Premo No. 3 and 4] at www.pdfcameramanuals.net [http://www.pdfcameramanuals.net] | ||
+ | *[http://www.stronghorses.com/bstrong/cameras/cam_premo3.htm Pony Premo No. 3] on Bill Strong's homepage [http://www.stronghorses.com/bstrong/] | ||
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Revision as of 23:48, 20 December 2007
typical old two-piston shutter, made by Bausch & Lomb |
The Pony Premo No. 3 is one of Rochester Optical Co.'s famous wooden drop bed folding view cameras. It was made for the popular 4×5" film plate format. It has an exciting feature, a diaphragm that can be stopped down to f128. Such a small aperture might cause diffraction problems when actually used. Therefore the camera's aperture scale reaches a bigger aperture than f8 on its other end. Five different shutter speeds from 1 sec. to 1/100 sec. plus T and B mode , and a rapid rectilinear lens of Kodak let it be a mighty instrument for the ambitious amateur of its time. But it has just a reflecting type viewfinder. Maybe the camera's "Victor" shutter is an advanced version of Bausch & Lomb's famous Unicum shutter, with one piston for speed control, and the other to connect the air tube of a shutter release bulb. The camera model was continued when Kodak took over Rochester Optical.
Links
- Manual of the Kodak versions of the Pony Premo No. 3 and 4 at www.pdfcameramanuals.net [1]
- Pony Premo No. 3 on Bill Strong's homepage [2]