Lancaster Instograph stand camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1882-1892 in Birmingham

maker:: J Lancaster and Son

Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son. Folding stand camera, mahogany and brass fittings. Achromat Lancaster lens F:8" c.f.11 iris calibrated 10-40, time 1-16. Sliding rising front; double extension, swing back. Lancaster patent swing-out focusing screen. Shoe for concave lens viewfinder with rotating mask. Lancaster's patent rotating shutter. Tripod head fitted to camera; separate legs - 2 section folding - extending to 4' 6". Spiked tip. Black focusing cloth, two bookform double wooden darkslides.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/278

type:: stand camera

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son. Folding stand camera, mahogany and brass fittings. Achromat Lancaster lens F:8" c.f.11 iris calibrated 10-40, time 1-16. Sliding rising front; double extension, swing back. Lancaster patent swing-out focusing screen. Shoe for concave lens viewfinder with rotating mask. Lancaster's patent rotating shutter. Tripod head fitted to camera; separate legs - 2 section folding - extending to 4' 6". Spiked tip. .

Lancaster Instograph stand camera

Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son. Folding stand camera, mahogany and brass fittings. Achromat Lancaster lens F:8" c.f.11 iris calibrated 10-40, time 1-16. Sliding rising front; double extension, swing back. Lancaster patent swing-out focusing screen. Shoe for concave lens viewfinder with rotating mask. Lancaster's patent rotating shutter. Tripod head fitted to camera; separate legs - 2 section folding - extending to 4' 6". Spiked tip. .

Materials:: mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: 1990-5036/278/1

type:: stand camera

Black focusing cloth for a Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son.

Black focussing cloth

Black focusing cloth for a Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son.

Object Number:: 1990-5036/278/2

type:: focusing cloth

2 wooden, bookform, double darkslides for a Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son.

2 double darksldies

2 wooden, bookform, double darkslides for a Lancaster, 1887, Instograph stand camera, by J. Lancaster and Son.

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1990-5036/278/3

type:: darkslide