Voigtlander daguerreotype camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1841 in Vienna
maker:
Voigtlander
Voigtlander daguerreotype camera
    Voigtlander daguerreotype

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera Voigtlander daguerreotype
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Daguerreotype camera made by Voigtlander & Sohn, Wien. All metal camera for circular daguerreotype plates 95mm in diameter. Petzval lens c.f/3.8; conical focusing screen holder; darkroom loaded; camera rests on telescopic stand with three levelling screws. Plate holder and lens hood possibly reproductions. No 81.

Voigtlander daguerreotype camera, made in Austria, 1841.

This camera for the daguerreotype process was introduced by Peter Wilhelm Friedrich Voigtlander (1812-1878) in 1841. The focussing screen was positioned at the widest part of the camera, and there was a magnifier in the shorter of the two cones to aid focussing. Once the picture was sharp, the photographer had to go into the darkroom and swap the focussing screen for a daguerreotype plate.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6956
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 355 mm x 170 mm x 310 mm,
lens cap: 105 mm,
type:
daguerreotype camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford