No. 4 Panoram Kodak (1899)

Like the No. 1 Panoram this instrument is a special purpose camera. It took pictures of 3.5 x 12 inches (9 x 30 cm). The horizontal angle of view is 142 degrees.
The No. 4 Panoram is the first Kodak panoramic camera. It was introduced in 1899 and replaced by a redesigned model in November 1900, the No. 1 Panoram appeared in April 1900. The original No. 4 doesn't have a finder, like the later models, but only a wide V-line on top to indicate the angle of view. The swinging lens has one speed, in later models it has two speeds. Also it doesn't have a door to close the front, but a felt plug.
The original model is made in 1900 numbers and quite scarce today.
For a technical explanation of its mechanism see the video of the No. 1 Panoram and the page 'Elements in motion: shutters' . There you can see the shutter of the No. 1 in action.