Cirkut (camera)

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Cirkut
No. 8 Cirkut
Overview
MakerEastman Kodak
TypePanoramic

The Cirkut is a rotating panoramic camera of the type known as "full rotation". It was patented by William J. Johnston in 1904 and manufactured by Rochester Panoramic Camera Company starting in 1905; during that same year, the company was acquired by Century Camera Co. (which itself was owned by Eastman Kodak at the time).[1] The manufacture of the camera continued through 1949.

There were several models: No. 5, No. 6, No. 8, No. 10, and No. 16, named according to the maximum width of the film accepted, in inches. The length of the film (corresponding to the width of the panorama) varied by a model as well, ranging up to 18 feet (5.5 m) for No. 16,[2] yielding a single negative with an area of more than 24 square feet (2.2 m2). Thus, the information content of Cirkut images can be in the gigapixel range.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ http://www.nwmangum.com/Kodak/Rochester.html A History of The Rochester, NY Camera and Lens Companies, by Rudolf Kingslake, (Sourced from: Kingslake, Rudolf, 1974, "The Rochester Camera and Lens Companies", Rochester NY, Photographic Historical Society.)
  2. ^ Photographic Apparatus for the Professional, Century Camera Co., (Rochester, NY), circa 1906, p.18
  3. ^ Robert B. MacKay (2006). America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera - Images from the Early Twentieth Century. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-393-05160-5.
  4. ^ "1922 #8 Cirkut Camera". Archived from the original on February 5, 2009.
  5. ^ The No. 6 Cirkut Outfit Manual from Eastman Kodak Company.