The Presto camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1894-1904 in United States

maker:: E B Koopman

The Presto camera, made by E.B. Koopman, New York, invented by Herman Casler, inventor. Metal miniature plate or film camera. 4 plates 1 1/4" square. Carried in rotating holder or 30mm roll film. Single lens 3 stops in rotating plate. T/I shutter, with spare plate holder.(M 947)

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/425

Materials:: metal (unknown)

type:: subminiature camera, plate camera and rollfilm camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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