Popular Press Single Lens Reflex Camera and Accessories

Made:: circa 1920 in London

maker:: W Butcher and Sons

Popular Press single lens reflex camera for plates or cutfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Wood and metal construction with black leather covering. With reversing back and rising front lens panel movement. Focal plane shutter is not capped. With speeds 1/15-1/1000sec and T. Mirror can be locked up so not used as a reflex. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke Butcher Anastigmat F.4.5 5 3/4" f.1 lens. Butcher c.1920

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Arthur Frank Collection

Object Number:: 1979-559/634

Materials:: wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), leather and glass

type:: reflex camera

credit:: The Arthur Frank Collection

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