The No. 5 Folding Buckeye Camera was manufactured by the American Camera Manufacturing Company of Rochester, New York in circa 1895 - 1908. The No. 5 folding buckeye camera captured 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch exposures on roll film. It was designed as a drop down single extension bellows moved pulled forward with rack and pinion for focus adjustment. The camera was constructed of mahogany with leather covering and a red leather bellows. It featured a double combination extra rapid rectilinear lens with a focal lenght of 6 inches. It was mounted in a Baush & Lomb automatic shutter providing speeds of 1/100, 1/25, 1/5, 1/2 and 1 second, and also has time and bulb movements. Iris diaphragm stops provide 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128. Other features include a rack and pinion for focusing, a reversible brilliant finder, two tripod sockets, focusing scale. It accepted daylight loading film cartridges for 2, 4, six or twelve exposures. It could be used as a plate camera with the Glass plate attachment. The No. 5 camera measures only 2" x 4 1/2" x 7 7/8" when closed. The No. 5 Folding Buckeye Camera was priced at $15.00 in 1904.

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