Folding Bellows Camera

Made:
circa 1914 in Rathenow
maker:
Jul Laack & Sons

Folding plate camera for plates or cutfilm 9 x 12cm. Drop-front pull-out type with rising front and side movement. Double extension bellows worked by rack and pinion. Fitted with a Polyplan F.7.2 135mm lens mounted in a Vario 3-speed shutter 1/25 -1/100B.T. Back ground glass and brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with leather cover. c.1914

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/541
Materials:
glass, wood (unidentified), metal (unknown) and leather
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

filmpack adaptor

filmpack adaptor

Filmpack adaptor for a folding plate camera for plates or cutfilm 9 x 12cm. Laack & Sons. c.1914

Object Number:
1979-559/541/1
type:
filmpack adaptor
Folding Bellows Camera

Folding Bellows Camera

Folding plate camera for plates or cutfilm 9 x 12cm. Drop-front pull-out type with rising front and side movement. Double extension bellows worked by rack and pinion. Fitted with a Polyplan F.7.2 135mm lens mounted in a Vario 3-speed shutter 1/25 -1/100B.T. Back ground glass and brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with leather cover. c.1914

Measurements:
overall: 175 mm x 124 mm x 55 mm,
Object Number:
1979-559/541/2
type:
plate camera
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