How a 100 Year Old Conley Panoramic Camera Works

The Conley Panoramic Camera, Model A was manufactured by the Conley Camera Company of Rochester, Minnesota from 1911 to 1918.
This camera was designed to be able take images 3 1/2 inches by 12 inches. It contains a pivoting rapid rectilinear lens that has a 140 degree swing.
The camera measures 4 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches and weighs 68 ounces.
This video shows how the camera works to take the panoramic photo.

[kurttidmore]

Glad to see this. I have one of these and used to use it. But you don't have the complete kit. The camera came with a pair of flat vanes or propellers, a big one and a small one, that fitted into a hole in the top of the camera and were spun (at different rates) by the spring. Also, when the camera is cocked, the front of the camera must be closed because the lens is open at all times. The camera lacks an actual shutter. The camera was originally made for Kodak's 116 film, which went out of production around 1970. But for a long time after that they continued to manufacture a 3&1/2" film with a thick Estar base on long rolls for certain portrait cameras used by photographers who shot high school annuals and that sort of thing. I used to use it, loading the camera either in a darkroom or a dark bag.