127 film maybe? or 122 for 3a'a 126 is the drop in cartridge i think

i have a 1a autographic version like that - still in its case with instruction book- that one takes 116 film

these old films are not easy to find - a company called films for classics still spools some of these sizes as does Lomography -

and i always get a kick out of the size of these and they were called pocket cameras

Todd,

Thanks for the additional shots of your Dad’s camera - a couple of interesting observations.
Yes, this is press type camera, but of a smaller size (2x3) than typically used by news photographers (4x5). I am not certain that the camera body itself is American made, there is no brand on it that I can see, but the focusing knobs with the long lines going around the knobs crossing the knurling is something, in my limited experience, I associate with German manufacturing. The Hugo Meyer Precision Range Finder is actually an attachment to the camera body and was certainly made before WW2, note that the range finder has U.S. patents and was made in U.S.A. - possibly the body, lens and shutter were made by Meyer in Germany, but I can’t say. Meyer was probably a big enough operation to have a New York sales branch???
In the bill of sale it says Watson(sp?) Palxxx(sp?), name not familiar to me - nevertheless, interesting that he traded in a 35mm range finder camera for this more serious range finder equipped view camera. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Optik_G%C3%B6rlitz

http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Meyer

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...ullyhosted_011

https://graflex.org/speed-graphic/hugo-meyer.html

Meyer Optik in Germany survived WW2 after time and in fact is still in the lens business today.

126, 127...whatever it takes :) (I believe you're right though).

academic any way - they are all obsolete and if you find them- might as well buy some RST non tox at that price and go hunting :rotf:

Had a passion for the old camera`s... When I was about 6 years old my aunt gave me a Kodak Brownie. About 30 years ago collected the old Kodak`s. Never collected any of the "Press" format cameras. Kept a few from my collection...

Trap3

thanks Randy

this is the display I did at our club of cameras in the hunting world with some of my collection

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...ictureid=11307

Rick, Very nice... Thanks for sharing.

Trap3

BTW - the 4x5 Graflex shown in the middle of the cameras is not something that i would have considered a viable camera for taking hunting until i found this ad for the Super-X shell

the action shot in the ad was taken as the duck was shot was done with a speed camera, quite a stunt

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...ictureid=11315

yeah - its an old thread

but- my wife added this rare one to my modest collection for Christmas - this "rainbow" model was only made for three years in the early 1930s and the rose color seems to be the rarest of the color choices - personally, i think its a piece of art on its own

Great find...

RD