PREMO NUMBER 9
This efficient camera is designed for the amateur who wishes an instrument of very wide scope. With its complete equipment and accurate, convenient mechanical adjustments, it is a camera never before approached at the price.
The Premo No. 9 is fitted with the new Premo reversible back. This is the simplest back to reverse ever offered, for with its patented spring lug construction, it may be instantly removed and reversed without any tendency to stick or bind.
The bellows is of black leather and has sufficient draw to permit the use of the single lens combination or a telephoto attachment of several magnifications. The extension plate is actuated by rack and pinion working with exceptional smoothness and provided with a simple locking device.
The standard is constructed of metal, it is very rigid, and incorporates a rising and falling front of great latitude. This in connection with the swing bed construction makes it an easy matter to take pictures of tall buildings, and the like, without tipping the camera, with its attendant distortion. The lens board is removable and the finder is the new Premo collapsible brilliant.
The instrument is of the most substantial construction, it is covered with selected leather of beautiful grain and is finished in the most careful manner. The covering is of black leather, specially selected for its beautiful grain, the bed is finished in black and the metal parts are heavily nickeled.
The regular lens and shutter equipment comprises the Kodak Automatic shutter and Autotime scale and the Planatograph lens—a perfectly satisfactory equipment for everyday amateur photography. The single combination of the lens will produce sharp, clear pictures of objects at a distance double the size made with the complete lens.
Like the Premo No. 8, this model is primarily intended for plates, but it can be easily converted into a daylight loading film camera by use of the Premo Film Pack Adapter. It offers the advantage of ground glass focusing with either medium, but is fitted with a focusing scale for snap shot work or for any occasion when one does not care to use the ground glass.
SPECIFICATIONS.
Capacity. 12 film or 2 plate exposures. Box. kiln-dried wood, covered with fine grain leather. Bed, hand polished wood, finished in black, and supplied with rack and pinion for fine focusing, and swing arrangement. Back, spring catch, reversible. Standard, made of metal, with rising and falling front. Finder, brilliant reversible, collapsible. Tripod Socket, one. Lens, Planatograph. Shutter, Kodak Automatic (see page [7]). Carrying Case, sole leather, with compartments for holders. Bellows, black leather; draw 3¼ × 5½, 13 in.; 4 × 5, 13 in.: 5 × 7, 15¼ in. Dimensions, 3¼ × 5½, 3 × 7 × 7 in.; 4 × 5, 3 × 7 × 7 in.; 5 × 7, 2⅞ × 8¼ × 8¼ in. Weight, 3¼ × 5½, 63 ozs.; 4 × 5, 63 ozs.; 5 × 7, 76 ozs.
PRICES.
| 4 × 5 | 3A 3¼ × 5½ | 5 × 7 | ||||
| Premo No. 9, with Planatograph Lens. Kodak Automatic Shutter with Kodak Autotime Scale, Case and Holder | $28.00 | $28.00 | $33.00 | |||
| Ditto, with Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat Lens f.6.3 and Compound Shutter | 62.50 | 62.50 | 81.50 | |||
| Premo Film Pack Adapter | 1.50 | 1.50 | 2.50 | |||
| Premo Film Pack (12 exposures) | .90 | .80 | 1.60 | |||
| Kodak Portrait Attachment, | .50 | .50 | .50 |