The Wizard Folding Bellows Hand Camera

Made:
1900 in Cresskill
maker:
Manhattan Optical Co.

The Wizard folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Drop-front pull-out type. Manual focusing. With reflex waist-level viewfinder mounted on baseboard. Lens panel has rising front and fitted with Symmetrical F.8 6" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic shutter, speeds 1/5 to 1/100sec B. & T. With red leather bellows and polished mahogany base. Mahattan optical co, c.1900. With darkslides.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/63
Materials:
mahogany (wood), leather and glass
Measurements:
overall: 175 mm x 141 mm x 65 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Darkslides for The Wizard Folding Bellows Hand Camera

Darkslides for The Wizard Folding Bellows Hand Camera

The Wizard folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 double dark slides. Manhattan Optical Company. c.1900

Measurements:
overall: 167 mm x 120 mm x 13 mm,
Object Number:
1979-559/63/1
type:
darkslide
The Wizard Folding Bellows Hand Camera

The Wizard Folding Bellows Hand Camera

The Wizard folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Drop-front pull-out type. Manual focusing. With reflex waist-level viewfinder mounted on baseboard. Lens panel has rising front and fitted with Symmetrical F.8 6" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic shutter, speeds 1/5 to 1/100sec B. & T. With red leather bellows and polished mahogany base. Mahattan optical co, c.1900.

Measurements:
overall: 175 mm x 141 mm x 65 mm,
Materials:
glass , leather and mahogany (wood)
Object Number:
1979-559/63/2
type:
plate camera