What's New

Rob's 18th Annual International Camera Show Listing is posted! Only 48 camera shows listed so far. The number of shows continues to drop so, as always, contact me if you know about a show that is not on my list.

Important Show News:The renowned PhotoHistory Symposium will be replaced by a new conference, PhotoHistory/PhotoFuture, scheduled for April 20-22, 2018. Refer to the Rochester Intitute of Technology website for news and updates.

Rochester Optical Company Midget Camera (4" x 5" format) Small view cameras appeared in a variety of different forms and the Midget was advertised as one of the most compact ever made. Appearing in catalogues from 1890 to 1897, the Midget has the appearance of a very small Englsh Compact style view camera. While closely examining the camera, I feel that it's feature laden design was also a problem which made it difficult to set up and use. It might also explain why only a couple examples are known today even though it was advertised for nearly eight years.

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