Editing Box camera (section)

== Other box cameras ==
Although many cameras of the mid nineteenth century were wooden and "boxy" in appearance with a brass fitted lens on the front they should not be confused with the mass-produced box cameras that exploded in popularity after the introduction of the first Kodak.

===Le Phoebus 1870===
The "Le Phoebus" camera was typical, it was built of mahogany wood with a brass mounted lens in a [[rack-and-pinion]] focuser to adjust the projected image sharply onto a ground glass at the back. Most cameras like this used glass plates. The lens did not come equipped with a shutter; instead, the lenscap was removed and replaced to control the exposure time.<ref>{{cite web|title="Le Phoebus" camera, Etienne Carjat et Cie, circa 1878-1885 |url=http://www.boxcameras.com/phoebus.html |website=BoxCameras.com |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115065244/http://boxcameras.com/phoebus.html|archive-date=2010-01-15}}</ref>

===Pocket Kodak 1895–1896===
Pocket Kodaks were small ({{convert|2+3/16|x|3|x|4|in|disp=semicolon}}) and lightweight ({{convert|6|oz|disp=semicolon}}), and took roughly {{convert|2|in|adj=on}} exposures on 102 size rollfilm. This camera had a new feature, a small view box that told how many exposures of film were left. They were first available in 1895 with either black or red leather covering.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pocket Kodak|url=http://www.boxcameras.com/pocketkod.html |website=BoxCameras.com |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317155421/http://www.boxcameras.com/pocketkod.html|archive-date=2010-03-17}}</ref>

===Crown Camera 1896===
Patent  GB189602965 was granted on February 10, 1896 to Thomas Peter Bethell of Crown Works, Boundary Place, Liverpool for a "simple construction of camera to be made of cardboard of metal, or a combination of both". The Crown Camera had a quarter-plate cardboard-body with two waist level finders, cardboard rubber-band powered shutter, four-position rotary stops marked 1 2 3 4, a single meniscus lens, removable ground glass screen, rear sliding sheath and leather carrying strap.<ref>{{cite web |title= GB189602965A An Improved Photographic Camera and Dark Slide |website=Espacenet – patent search |url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?FT=D&date=18960801&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP&CC=GB&NR=189602965A&KC=A&ND=7.html}}</ref>

===le Papillon 1905–1908===
Meaning "the butterfly," le Papillon was a small French [[stereo camera]] which made {{cvt|45|x|107|mm|in|frac=16}} stereoscopic images on glass plates in single plateholders.<ref>{{cite web|title=le Papillon|url=http://www.boxcameras.com/lepapillon.html |website=BoxCameras.com |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528085909/http://www.boxcameras.com/lepapillon.html|archive-date=2009-05-28}}</ref>

===No. 00 Cartridge Premo Camera, 1916–1922===
The No. 00 Cartridge Premo was Kodak's smallest box camera ever. It was only {{convert|2+1/2|in}} tall. It uses a simple rotary shutter with meniscus lens, and does not have a viewfinder. The photographer must use the [[leatherette]] covering to attempt to see the subject of the photograph.<ref>{{cite web|title= Eastman Kodak No. 00 Cartridge Premo Camera, 1916-1922 |website=BoxCameras.com |url=http://www.boxcameras.com/00cartpremo.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613002309/http://www.boxcameras.com/00cartpremo.html|archive-date=2009-06-13}}</ref>