Fallowfield Gem Wet Plate Camera
Fallowfield wet plate camera for Gem photographs. Sliding body camera of wet plate design for 5 x 4 inch plates. Modified with internal lens panel carrying twelve small lenses, producing twelve pictures 3/4 x 1 inches. Flap shutter on camera front, rack and pinion focusing on front of baseboard but working on camera back. Ground glass focusing screen. Fallowfield and Co. Manufactured before 1890.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2829
- Materials:
- glass, bone, mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
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overall: 192 mm x 197 mm x 270 mm,
- type:
- plate camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
