philip_elliott

<p>Thanks John, I'm not overly concerned about that as know the limitations of the camera. It would be more of a studio portrait camera or for experimentation on outdoor nature scenes much like the limitaions of a 50mm lens or fixed rangefinder lens</p>

<p>The lens is a Bausch and Lomb from what I know although no real markings from what I can see. I posted up some photos of the camera on my Facebook page although not great, but it gets the point across<br> So you think this has potential as a studio camera?? I'd LOVE to take this on a trip to the Grand Canyon. I can only imagine the looks the TSA's would give me at the airport coming in from Canada.<br> Any recco's on what do do with the wood on the film back to make it less brittle??</p>

<p>Hi All;</p> <p>I have had my granddad'a Pony premo in my possession forever<br> It has been through hell and have decided I'd like to put it into service again.<br> The film back is somewhat brittle with agem NO fungus in the lens and shutter still appears accurate<br> The 'hinge' for the back just recently fell off when showing it to a friend<br> A friend has used an 1860 lens with GORGEOUS results in colour and b&w so I would like to put the Premo back into service as a studio camera at some point<br> The last time I used the camera was in college over 35 years ago and the negative appeared fine<br> It is a Pony Premo Model 4<br> This would be a labour of love restoring this. I actually used Toyo film holders way back, but concerned about the springs age.<br> Any help you could provide in restoring this camera would be GREATLY APPRECIATED</p>