Spartus No. 4 (folding)
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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, 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 6×4.5 cm on 127 film. Evidently Spartus offered a No. 1 folding camera which was nearly identical, except using 120 film[1].
Notes
- ↑ The Manual for the No. 1 (available at Mike Butkus' OrphanCameras.com) is actually headlined "Spartus No. 4," apparently an error. But the instructions apply equally to this camera.
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