The Rochester Camera Mfg. Co. Ideal is an early American plate camera produced in the late 19th century by the Rochester, New York maker. It was sold as a folding-bellows view camera for sheet-format photography in the era before roll film became dominant.

UK auction activity for the Ideal is very thin: the only recorded hammer result in our data is a single sale at £180 in 2005, so a current 2026 market range cannot be reliably stated. At saleroom level, wood-and-brass plate cameras of this period typically sell on condition of bellows, shutter, and original fittings, and what one sells for today can swing widely with completeness.