Lancaster B B Instantograph camera
Lancaster 1901 B B Instantograph camera, folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Lancaster Patent landscape achromatic lens, iris diaphragm marked 1-8 f/10-30. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing with double extension. Swing back, both movements. Lancaster patent swing out ground glass focusing screen. Manufactured by J Lancaster and Son, Birmingham. 1901. This was a special 'tropical' version of the Instantograph - the letters BB stand for Brass Bound.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2474
- Materials:
- glass, mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), leather and bone
- Measurements:
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overall: 220 mm x 225 mm x 250 mm,
- type:
- folding camera, plate camera and stand camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
