Rochester Optical Co., Rochester, NY
C.H. Codman Catalog, 1886, p. 9
4 x 5
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1885-c.
1888
Construction: back focus, no or single
swing, gears on top of base, reversing by two tripod mounts, wooden
track guides
Materials: mahogany body, nickeled
hardware, maroon fabric bellows
Sizes Offered: 4x5; 4¼x6½; 5x8
Notes: similar to and the same price as the
New Model
Improved; in that it is a back focus,
straight-bellows camera with rack and pinion focus via a knob behind the
rear standard. The difference is that the Commodore has a shifting
as well as rising lens board arrangement.
All advertisements for the Commodore mention rack and
pinion focusing.
References:
American Journal
of Photography, March 1885, p. 9
Illustrated Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus
Manufactured by the Rochester Optical Co., C.H. Codman
& Co. (Boston, MA), June 1886,
p. 9
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