The Clack Folding Bellows Camera and Three Metal Darkslides.

Made:
circa 1910 in Munich
maker:
Rietzschel

The Clack folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" plates or cutffilm. Drop-front pull-out type/ With double extension adn rack and pinion focusing. With rising front and side movement. Lens is interchangable. Fitted with a Lunar Anastigmat Series A F.4.8 120mm f.1 lens made by Rietschel. Mounted in a compund shutter with speeds 1sec 1/250sec B. & Z. With two levers adn brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood and metal covered in black leather. c.1910

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/190
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown) and leather
Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 118 mm x 48 mm,
type:
plate camera and darkslide
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Three Metal Darkslides.

Three Metal Darkslides.

3 metal darkslides. Rietschel c.1910

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1979-559/190/1
type:
darkslide
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
The Clack Folding Bellows Camera.

The Clack Folding Bellows Camera.

The Clack folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" plates or cutffilm. Drop-front pull-out type/ With double extension adn rack and pinion focusing. With rising front and side movement. Lens is interchangable. Fitted with a Lunar Anastigmat Series A F.4.8 120mm f.1 lens made by Rietschel. Mounted in a compund shutter with speeds 1sec 1/250sec B. & Z. With two levers adn brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood and metal covered in black leather. c.1910

Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 118 mm x 48 mm,
Materials:
leather , metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/190/2
type:
plate camera
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum