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The Excelsior Magazine Plate Camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
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The Excelsior magazine plate camera. No makers name. Patent number 765. Wooden box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. RR lens with fixed focus and aperture. Adjustable sector shutter 1-2-3 by screw. T/I release buttons. Reflecting finders - 2- with metal hoods. Plates changed by turning a crank on the top of the camera. Spring-loaded claws transport the plates and there is an automatic counter on the back , numbered from 1-12. It was possibly made in Germany.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/468
- type:
- plate camera and magazine camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford