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Thanks @Dustin McAmera ! I've never seen the memo before. The film chamber and advance lever look very similar indeed. Yes there is a focus control. It's the lever on the right when looking at the front of the camera, behind the aperture dial. The one on the left behind the shutter speed dial is the shutter release. Pulling up the shutter release opens the IBSOR leaves and lifts the mirror (blocking film exposure) and enables focusing. Then press it down closes the IBSOR leaves, lifts the mirror, and then opens the Ieaves to expose (at the speed selected) all in one motion. Or so it seems to me. Do you think it was designed to use the Memo or Karat film cassette?

Hi, I got a camera that is unlike any camera I've seen before. I think it is custom made by Sharman Camera Works in SF, and all I could find is that they manufactured tripods. It has a Dallmeyer Kinematograph 2" F/1.9 lens (which tend to be very valuable), and an IBSOR shutter. It's quite simple in construction but very well made and in good shape. The shutter, mirror, aperture ring all seem to work great. Can anyone offer insight about this camera? Do you know what kind of film it was designed to take? The film door has a sort of advance lever that pushes a plate on springs with two sprockets. The sprockets are 28mm apart, which is an odd distance for film perforations (maybe 28mm film?). No mechanism for a spool takeup that i can see. Thanks for any insight!