Eclipse plate camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1896 in City of London

maker:: J F Shew & Co

Eclipse plate camera, made by J. F. Shew & Co. London. Collapsing A form, wooden camera for RR lens, rotating aperture plate f/8,11,16,32. Rotary shutter T/I. Helical screw and lever focusing inf.- 1 1/2 yards. Shew removable , reflecting finder. 1 double wooden bookform darkslide. No focusing screen. (M477)

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/491

type:: plate camera

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

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