Klimax Folding Bellows Camera, c 1922

Made:
circa 1922 in London
maker:
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

Klimax folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm, and three single metal darkslides. Drop-front pull-out type. Double extension. Focusing by rack and pinion. Fitted with Aldis Uno Anastigmat F.7.7 lens mounted in an Ensign Lukos III pneumatic everset shutter with speeds 1sec-1/100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder, ground glass back and optical direct vision viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with black leather cover.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/536
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown) and leather
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Klimax Folding Bellows Camera

Klimax Folding Bellows Camera

Klimax folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm. Drop-front pull-out type. Double extension. Focusing by rack and pinion. Fitted with Aldis Uno Anastigmat F.7.7 lens mounted in an Ensign Lukos III pneumatic everset shutter with speeds 1sec-1/100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder, ground glass back and optical direct vision viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with black leather cover.

Measurements:
overall: 150 mm x 123 mm x 50 mm,
Materials:
leather , metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/536/2
type:
plate camera