Folding plate camera

Folding strut plate camera with no makers name. Wooden collapsible camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. RR lens F:6", f8-44; Helical mount focussing, inf.-2 yards. Focal plane shutter with variable tension, marked 1-6. Rising and cross front by single slide on rotating lens panel. Optical frame finder. (M 4619). Overall (deployed): 145 mm x 150 mm x 85 mm. Typical camera used by press photographers of the period.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/426
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall (deployed): 145 mm x 150 mm x 85 mm,
type:
plate camera, folding camera and press camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford