I have my Dad's old Kodak No. 2 Folding Cartridge Premo camera and decided to try a few shots with it. It was built in the 1916-1922 period, and although I have the manual, it isn't particularly helpful in setting the exposure. While the ball bearing shutter has 1/25th and 1/50th settings, the aperture settings are marked "1,2,3 and 4." Well while thumbing through the latest edition of Art in America magazine, I find a picture of the camera reproduced many times scale - maybe ten feet tall! The sculptor, Daniel A. Henderson, must have used a somewhat later model of the camera because the aperture settings are clearly marked "8, 16, 32 and 64!" Voila! Now at least I have a starting point.
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