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In 1883 the '''Rochester Optical Company''' was founded by W. F. Carlton when he took over the assets of camera maker [[William H. Walker]]. It invented and produced the famous "Pony Premo" [[view camera]] line, and viewfinder cameras for "Premo film pack". In 1899 it became participant of an unsuccessful merger of camera companies. The resulting company made losses and was taken over by [[Kodak]] in 1903. Kodak let the factory continue the Premo camera line. And soon it shared its house at 12 Caledonia Avenue with Kodak's other purchases [[Century]] and [[Folmer & Schwing]].
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===Cameras===
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*Premo
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*Premo Sr. Stereo
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*[[Pony Premo No. 1]]
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*[[Pony Premo No. 3]]
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*Pony Premo No. 4
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*Pony Premo No. 5
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*Pony Premo No. 6
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*Pony Premo No. 7
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*[[Pony Premo D]]
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*[[Folding Film Premo]]
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*Premoette
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*[[Rochester Optical New Model|New Model]], New Model Improved
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*[[Snappa (folding)|Snappa]]
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*[[Empire State Camera]]
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*[[Cyclone Jr. and Cyclone Sr.]]
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* Kenwood
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In 1883 the '''Rochester Optical Company''' was founded by W. F. Carlton when he took over the assets of camera maker William H. Walker. It invented and produced the famous "Premo" [[view camera]] line. In 1899 it became participant of an unsuccessful merger of camera companies. The resulting company made losses and was taken over by [[Kodak]] in 1903. Kodak let the factory continue the Premo camera line.
 
  
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===Cameras===
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===[[Kodak]]'s Premo series===
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*Premo
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*[[Film Premo]] (three sizes)
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*Pony Premo
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*[[Premoette Junior]]
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*New Model, New Model Improved
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*Premoette
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*[[Snappa Camera]]
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*[[Kodak Cartridge Premo]]
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*Empire State Camera
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*[[Filmplate Special Premo]]
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*[[Pocket Premo C]]
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*Premo No. 8
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*[[Premo No. 9]]
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
{{Rochester}}
 
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*[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=rocco history of Rochester Optical Co.] at historical camera [http://www.historiccamera.com]
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*[http://www.fiberq.com/cam/roc.htm Rochester Optical's field cameras] at Field Cameras of the United States [http://www.fiberq.com/cam]
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*[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=rocco history of Rochester Optical Co.] at [http://www.historiccamera.com Historic Camera]
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*[http://www.photographica.nu/roc238.htm New Model] view camera of 1889 at photographica.nu [http://www.photographica.nu]
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*[http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/roc.htm Rochester Optical's field cameras] at [http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam Field Cameras of the United States]
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*[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=rocproducts List of cameras from the Rochester Optical Co.] with reference information at [http://www.historiccamera.com Historic Camera]
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*[http://www.photographyhistory.com/CS06/foldingrochester.html The "Rochester Folding Camera" of 1892 with "Rochester" shutter] by David Silver
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 2 February 2024

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Pony Premo No. 3
image by Bill Strong (Image rights)
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Premo A
image by Bill Strong (Image rights)
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Pony Premo No. 4
image by Bill Strong (Image rights)
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1908 ad for Premo Film Pack
scanned by Uwe Kulick  (Image rights)

In 1883 the Rochester Optical Company was founded by W. F. Carlton when he took over the assets of camera maker William H. Walker. It invented and produced the famous "Pony Premo" view camera line, and viewfinder cameras for "Premo film pack". In 1899 it became participant of an unsuccessful merger of camera companies. The resulting company made losses and was taken over by Kodak in 1903. Kodak let the factory continue the Premo camera line. And soon it shared its house at 12 Caledonia Avenue with Kodak's other purchases Century and Folmer & Schwing.

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Premo Jr. No.1 camera and Premoette Junior folder
image by camera.etcetera (Image rights)

Cameras
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Pony Premo No. 1
image by Bill Strong (Image rights)
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Kodak Premo
image by Eduardo Urdangaray (Image rights)

Kodak's Premo series


Links

photography related industry in Rochester (New York)
American Camera | Bausch & Lomb | Blair | Century | Crown Optical Co. | Elgeet | Folmer & Schwing | Gassner and Marx | Graflex | Gundlach | Ilex | JML | Kodak | Milburn | Monroe | PMC | Ray | Reichenbach, Morey and Will | Rochester Camera and Supply Co. | Rochester Optical Co. | Rochester Panoramic Camera Co. | Seneca | Sunart | Walker | Webster Industries | Wollensak
and in Rochester (Minnesota)
Conley
external links
graflex.org - Rudolf Kingslake's
"Optical industry in Rochester (N.Y.)"
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Premoette Jr. No.1 with achromatic lens
image by Donna L. Burnett (Image rights)
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