Ensign Klito Folding Bellows Camera, c 1915

Made:
1910-1920 in London
maker:
George Houghton and Son
and
Houghtons Limited

Ensign Klito folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm negative size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. Drop-front pull-out type with double extension bellows. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted in a Plutar Extra Rapid Aplanat F.8 lens mounted in an Ensign Simplex II everset shutter, speeds 1/25 1/100 B. & T. With back ground-glass screen and waist-level viewfonder.Of wood and metal construction with black leather cover. Houghton, c 1922.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/548
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), leather and glass
Measurements:
overall: 180 mm x 113 mm x 65 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Four single metal darkslides for Ensign Kilto, c 1915

Four single metal darkslides for Ensign Kilto, c 1915

Four single metal darkslides for the Ensign Klito folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm negative size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2. Houghton, c.1922

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1979-559/548/1
type:
darkslide