Case for 'Le Photosphère' plate camera, c 1890
Lined camera case
'Le Photosphère' plate camera, c 1890
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
Metal bell plate camera - Le Photosphère. Manufactured by Compagnie Française de Photographie, 7 Rue de Solferino, Paris. Takes 9 x 12 cm plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed aperture, helical screw focusing with a shutter perforated hemisphere with a rotating bell inside. T/I, adjustable tension. With a removable reflecting view finder. 2 fitting positions. Patented in France and abroad, No 747. Overall: 125 mm x 175 mm x 154 mm.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1194
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 125 mm x 175 mm x 154 mm,
- type:
- plate camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Parts
Three double plate holders for 'Le Photosphère' plate camera, c 1890
Three double plate holders for the metal bell plate camera - Le Photosphere. Manufactured by Compagnie Francaise de Photographie, 7 Rue de Solferino, Paris.
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1194/2
- type:
- plate holder
'Le Photosphère' Plate Camera c 1890
Metal bell plate camera - Le Photosphère. Manufactured by Compagnie Française de Photographie, 7 Rue de Solferino, Paris. Takes 9 x 12 cm plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed aperture, helical screw focusing with a shutter perforated hemisphere with a rotating bell inside. T/I, adjustable tension. With a removable reflecting view finder. 2 fitting positions. Patented in France and abroad, No 747. Overall: 125 mm x 175 mm x 154 mm.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 125 mm x 175 mm x 154 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and glass
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1194/3
- type:
- plate camera
