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| − | + | The '''Zar Camera Company''' was founded in 1896 in Chicago. Originally it should support production of [[Western Camera Manufacturing Co.]]'s [[Cyclone]] cameras, but soon it introduced an own camera, the '''Pocket Zar''', a [[box camera]] for special 2×2" [[film plates|glass plates]]. At that time box cameras of other makers were made of wood. Zar used cardboard instead, thus making the first cheap consumer camera based on the extensive use of cheap material. The factory reached the necessary precision to turn a [[meniscus lens]], a shutter of simplest kind and cardboard into quite well-working plate cameras. | |
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The Zar Camera Company was founded in 1896 in Chicago. Originally it should support production of Western Camera Manufacturing Co.'s Cyclone cameras, but soon it introduced an own camera, the Pocket Zar, a box camera for special 2×2" glass plates. At that time box cameras of other makers were made of wood. Zar used cardboard instead, thus making the first cheap consumer camera based on the extensive use of cheap material. The factory reached the necessary precision to turn a meniscus lens, a shutter of simplest kind and cardboard into quite well-working plate cameras.
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