The R.O.C. View, Variation 4
Rochester Optical Co. (1903)
Rochester Optical Div., EKC
Rochester Optical Dept., EKC
Date Introduced: - ; Years
Manufactured: c.1905 through at least 1918
Construction: back focus via
rack and pinion (two gear tracks on top of base rails); single swing; three-piece
lensboard; reversing by removable back
Materials: mahogany body; cherry bed; black fabric bellows;
brass hardware;
Sizes Offered: 5x7; 5x8; 6.5-8.5; 8x10;
Notes: Camera above is 5x7
References:
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Co., c. 1905, p. 40
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman
Kodak Co., 1908, p. 35
Photo Supplies, Sweet, Wallach & Co. (Chicago, IL) Catalog, 1908, p. 56
Lloyd's Photographic Supplies,
Andrew J. Lloyd Co. (Boston, MA) Catalog, c. 1909, p.
28
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman
Kodak Co., 1910, p. 28
Photo Materials, George Murphy, Inc. (New York, NY), 1910-1911, p.
42
Photographic Materials and Supplies,
Gloeckner & Newby Company (New York, NY), c.1910, p.
10
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman
Kodak Co., 1912, p. 30
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman
Kodak Co., 1914, p. 29
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Division, Eastman
Kodak Co., 1913, p. 30
Eastman Professional Photographic Apparatus and Materials,
c. 1915, p. 42
Professional Photographic Apparatus and Materials
Catalogue No. 30,
Robey-French Co. (Boston, MA),
c. 1915, p.
49
Schultze Novelty & Sporting Goods Co., NYC, Cat., 1915, p. 21
Premo Cameras for 1917, Rochester Optical Dept., Eastman Kodak Co., 1917, p. 27
Premo Cameras, Rochester Optical Dept., Eastman Kodak Co., 1918, p. 25
Photographic Apparatus and Supplies,
Hirsch & Kaiser (San Francisco, CA),
c. 1918, p. 31
Back to Rochester Optical Co.
Interesting Alteration
The 8x10 camera below had, during its useful lifetime, been altered from back focus to front focus. By using the long pinion gear in a homemade front standard base, and by securing the rear standard to the reversed bed, some ingenious photographer had altered the basic workings of the camera.
