Folmer & Schwing Division Camera

[surferbill]

Hi, I recently acquired a Folmer & Schwing Division Camera and i'm looking for info on it.

It has a plate on the front that says "Folmer & Schwing Division Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester NY.

On the lens it says "Radar Anast F 4.5 Gundlanch Manufacturing Corp. Fairport NY. Betax No. 4. 5 x 8

The camera measures 15 x 15 x 34" and it came with a 39" wood tripod.

Any info on it's history would be appreciated. The serial # is 82925
Thanks,
Bill

[John Kasaian]

What's the format, Bill?

[surferbill]

I don't really know. on the lens it says 5 x 8. The opening on the front of the camera is about 8"x 10".

[BrianShaw]

A picture of the back of the camera, preferably with a ruler in the picture, would be most helpful.

[BrianShaw]

In the meatime, this might be interesting to you:

https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/00248/00248.pdf

See pages 9 and 10 regarding the lens. I have very similar lens, 5x7 in barrel. It's one of my favorites.

As far as camera date, this should help:

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Folmer_%26_Schwing

[Kino]

This is a great place to start researching:

http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/ekc.htm

Maybe a variant of this camera?

http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/ekc/eastmangenesee.htm

[j.e.simmons]

For the history of Folmer & Schwing see this issue of the Graflex Historical Quarterly
https://ghq.graflex.org/GHQ-19-4.pdf

[cowanw]

Maybe a Crown reducing, enlarging and duplicating camera

[surferbill]

I added a couple of pics. The back of camera glass is 11" wide x 10.5" high.

[surferbill]

For the history of Folmer & Schwing see this issue of the Graflex Historical Quarterly
https://ghq.graflex.org/GHQ-19-4.pdf

That is good info on the history of Folmer & Schwing . The serial number on my camera is 82925.