Trellis strut folding 127 roll film camera with autographic feature. The autographic feature consisted of a small trap door in the back of the camera that could be opened to gain access to the backing paper of the roll film. The idea being that once a picture had been exposed, this trap door was opened and, using a supplied metal stylus, the photographer scratched any details of the picture into the backing paper. This would result in a thinning of the paper, and by directing the open trap door to light - the details would be recorded photographically in the gap between negatives. Fitted with Kodak ball bearing shutter, these seem to last the test of time, nearly all the ones I've come across still worked, this one is no exception. The trellis strut arrangement avoided the problems of the lensboard flexing under the strain of the bellows, it also allows fairly rapid deployment of the lens. This particular camera probably came late in the production run of 1915 - 1926. Acquired in 1998.
Body No.1376598
Shutter, Kodak ball bearing shutter, speeds T, B, 25, & 50th
Lens, Rapid Rectilinear f/7.7
Condition, 5F
