IMPROVED MODEL OF EMPIRE STATE
All our experience in view camera making, all the information that we have been able to collect, of the needs of the view camera worker, have been put into the proposition of providing in this new model a view camera as near to perfection as human ingenuity can devise.
It has all the good points of the famous old Empire State, with important additional features which leave nothing to be desired in view camera work, however exacting it may be.
The camera is constructed with the idea of providing the greatest possible solidity and strength throughout. The extensions are extra thick, the standard is very large and will furnish an absolutely rigid support for the heaviest lenses. Corners are dovetailed and reinforced by brass angle pieces, and the metal parts are all made of the best quality of brass, fully lacquered.
The front board is removable and very large. The rising and falling front is actuated by rack and pinion, as are both the horizontal and vertical swings. The camera can be focused from both front and rear by rack and pinion, so that the back can be racked up as close to the front as desired. Thus lenses of the widest angle can be used. A sliding tripod block is provided so that the camera can always be supported directly above the tripod or the weight distributed, as the operator may wish.
The back is reversible, a plumb level and strap handle are supplied and both horizontal and vertical cut-off boards are furnished so that four different negatives can be made on one plate if desired. The bellows of this camera is made of genuine leather and a spring arrangement working automatically prevents it from sagging at any time.
The method of locking extensions is very convenient, not by means of the old-fashioned, long threaded screw, but by a specially constructed device which locks firmly by merely being pushed in and given a quarter turn. The back extension, which is detachable, in addition to this device is further strengthened by two clamp catches which hold it absolutely rigid.
The camera is made of hand-polished mahogany, with exception of the extensions, which are of cherry on account of its greater strength.
SPECIFICATIONS.
Bellows Draw, 5 × 7, 23 in.; 6½ × 8½, 26½ in.; 8 × 10, 29½ in. Weight, 5 × 7, 7 lbs.; 6½ × 8½, 10½ lbs.; 8 × 10, 11¼ lbs. Size of Lens Board, 5 × 7, 4½ × 4½ in.; 6½ × 8½, 6 × 6 in.; 8 × 10, 6 × 6 in. Carrying Case, canvas, combination style, with compartments for camera, holders and tripod. All operating nuts on the right side, binding nuts on the left hand side.
PRICES.
| 5 × 7 | 6½ × 8½ | 8 × 10 | ||||
| Eastman View No. 2 (improved model of Empire State) with Case and Holder | $27.00 | $30.00 | $33.00 | |||
| Extra Carrying Case | 4.00 | 4.50 | 5.00 | |||
| Extra Lens Boards | .60 | .75 | .75 |