Speed Graphic Camera, c 1914
Speed Graphic camera, c 1914. Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch plates. Berthiot Olor lens No 5 Series IIA F:170mm, f/5.7 Serial No 63822, F & S focal plane shutter, 6 tensions, four slit widths 1/10 - 1/1000 second. Rack and pinion focusing; sliding rising front, folding optical frame finder. Ground glass focusing screen in spring back, non reversible. Name 'CC Ryan, Vancouver', scratched on top. Serial No 31971. Overall (deployed): 230 mm x 190 mm x 260 mm.
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , copper (alloy) , leather , leatherette , white metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/4248/2
- type:
- folding bellows camera