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The '''Spartus No. 4 Folding Camera''' is a metal-bodied model from [[Spartus|Spartus Camera Corp.]] in Chicago, Illinois. It has a small right-angle [[brilliant finder]], an Instant/Time shutter, and a choice of three apertures between f/11 and f/22. The lens is [[fixed focus]] despite the deep chrome ring around it suggesting a focusing adjustment. It exposes 8 images 2¼×3¼" on [[120 film]].
  
The Spartus No. 4 Folding Camera is a metal-bodied model from [[Spartus|Spartus Camera Corp.]] in Chicago, Illinois. It has a small right-angle [[brilliant finder]], and Instant/Time shutter, and a choice of three apertures between f/11 and f/22. The lens is [[fixed focus]], despite the deep chrome ring around it suggesting a focusing adjustment. It exposes 8 images 6&times;4.5 cm on [[127 film]]. Evidently Spartus offered a No. 1 folding camera which was nearly identical, except using [[120 film]]<REF>The [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/spartus/spartus_no_1_folding/spartus_no_1_folding.htm Manual for the No. 1] (available at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]) is actually headlined "Spartus No. 4," apparently an error. But the instructions apply equally to this camera.</REF>.
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*The [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/spartus/spartus_no_1_folding/spartus_no_1_folding.htm Manual for the Spartus No. 1] (available at Mike Butkus' [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ OrphanCameras.com]) is actually headlined "Spartus No. 4," and applies to this camera.
  
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Revision as of 06:22, 20 April 2021

The Spartus No. 4 Folding Camera is a metal-bodied model from Spartus Camera Corp. in Chicago, Illinois. It has a small right-angle brilliant finder, an Instant/Time shutter, and a choice of three apertures between f/11 and f/22. The lens is fixed focus despite the deep chrome ring around it suggesting a focusing adjustment. It exposes 8 images 2¼×3¼" on 120 film.

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