Rochester Pony Premo No.4
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Entorn l'any 1900, les càmeres de gran format nord-americanes es centraren sobretot en els fabricans de Rochester, entre els que sobresortiria i dominaria de forma absoluta Eastmann Kodak.
Pero abans, en molts casos abans de esser assimilades per la propia Kodak, existien altres importants fabricants a Rochester. De fet, Rochester és només comparable a Dresden per a Europa, on es concentrava bona part dels fabricants alemans (també aglutinats progresivament per Zeiss Ikon).
Aquesta preciositat és una Rochester Optical Co. Pony Premo No.4. Es tracta d'una camera de gran format, concretament de 5x7 polzades, del tipus "hand & stand", pensada per ser facil de portar al camp, o en bicicleta i tot! N'hi ha molts models similars, entre marques diferents i tot.
Aquesta porta un obturador Bausch & Lomb Victor i objectiu Rochester Symmetrical; sembla fabricada el 1903, just abans que la empresa R.Oc. Co. fos comprada per Eastman Kodak. De fet, Kodak continuà fabricant la Pony Premo No.4 sota el seu nom.
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Around 1900, American large-format cameras focused primarily on Rochester manufacturers, among which Eastmann Kodak would excel and dominate.
But before that, in many cases before being assimilated by Kodak itself, there were other major manufacturers in Rochester. In fact, Rochester is only comparable to Dresden for Europe, where much of the German manufacturers were concentrated (also progressively agglutinated by Zeiss Ikon).
This gem is a Rochester Optical Co. Pony Premo No.4. This is a large format camera, specifically 5x7 inches, of the "hand & stand" type, designed to be easy to take to the field, or by bike! There are many similar models of this kind, even between different manufacturers.
This one carries a Bausch & Lomb Victor shutter and Rochester Symmetrical lens; seems to have been manufactured in 1903, just before the R.Oc. Co. was bought by Eastman Kodak. In fact, Kodak continued to manufacture the Pony Premo No.4 under its name. The change is quite noticeable as Kodak changed the shutter of the Pony Premo, so the Victor shutter here is a clear marker that the camera was made before 1904.
www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=a...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Rochester_Optical_Co.
www.piercevaubel.com/cam/catalogs/1903premolp797.htm
Rochester Pony Premo No.4
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Entorn l'any 1900, les càmeres de gran format nord-americanes es centraren sobretot en els fabricans de Rochester, entre els que sobresortiria i dominaria de forma absoluta Eastmann Kodak.
Pero abans, en molts casos abans de esser assimilades per la propia Kodak, existien altres importants fabricants a Rochester. De fet, Rochester és només comparable a Dresden per a Europa, on es concentrava bona part dels fabricants alemans (també aglutinats progresivament per Zeiss Ikon).
Aquesta preciositat és una Rochester Optical Co. Pony Premo No.4. Es tracta d'una camera de gran format, concretament de 5x7 polzades, del tipus "hand & stand", pensada per ser facil de portar al camp, o en bicicleta i tot! N'hi ha molts models similars, entre marques diferents i tot.
Aquesta porta un obturador Bausch & Lomb Victor i objectiu Rochester Symmetrical; sembla fabricada el 1903, just abans que la empresa R.Oc. Co. fos comprada per Eastman Kodak. De fet, Kodak continuà fabricant la Pony Premo No.4 sota el seu nom.
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Around 1900, American large-format cameras focused primarily on Rochester manufacturers, among which Eastmann Kodak would excel and dominate.
But before that, in many cases before being assimilated by Kodak itself, there were other major manufacturers in Rochester. In fact, Rochester is only comparable to Dresden for Europe, where much of the German manufacturers were concentrated (also progressively agglutinated by Zeiss Ikon).
This gem is a Rochester Optical Co. Pony Premo No.4. This is a large format camera, specifically 5x7 inches, of the "hand & stand" type, designed to be easy to take to the field, or by bike! There are many similar models of this kind, even between different manufacturers.
This one carries a Bausch & Lomb Victor shutter and Rochester Symmetrical lens; seems to have been manufactured in 1903, just before the R.Oc. Co. was bought by Eastman Kodak. In fact, Kodak continued to manufacture the Pony Premo No.4 under its name. The change is quite noticeable as Kodak changed the shutter of the Pony Premo, so the Victor shutter here is a clear marker that the camera was made before 1904.
www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=a...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Rochester_Optical_Co.
www.piercevaubel.com/cam/catalogs/1903premolp797.htm