Photo courtesy of Greg Salisbury [email protected] - Thanks!

The Grundlach Optical Corp. of Rochester (N.Y.) produced a series of Korona cameras:
• 3 1/4" x 4 1/4"
• 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• 4 x 5"
• 4 x 5" (Korona View)
• 5 x 7"
• 5 x 7" Stereo
• 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" View
• 8 x 10" View
• 7 x 17" Korona Panoramic View
• 8 x 20" Korona Panoramic View
• 12 x 20" Korona Panoramic View

The Korona panoramic view camera (and models by Kodak and others) are often called "banquet" cameras, evidently because they are excellent at capturing the details of faces of everybody at a large banquet thanks to their panoramic formats. The panoramic mailing list still has folks using these cameras to take photos and please clients, as nothing comparable is available new on today's market. This user interest helps keep prices higher (~$1,000+). The other models, such as the 4x5" model shown here, are rather less valuable (often $100-200 range). However, like many such 4x5" view cameras produced up through the 1950s, they can still be repaired and put to work today by interested users.

Photo notes:

Korona III made by Gundlach, leather covered with mahagony interior. Overall size when closed is 6 1/2" by 6" and approx. 3 1/2" thick.Has the oridinal carrying case in excellant condition with strap,canopy cloth and also a Kodak #523 film never opened-12 exposures, must be developed before May 1931, 4X5.