Rouch's Eureka Detective Camera
Box magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Rouch instantaneous doublet lens No 7023 with 4 Waterhouse stops, Thornton Pickard Roller Blind shutter built in behind lens 15/25/40/60/80, released by pneumatic tube (perished). Two reflecting finders with covers. Sliding lens cover, bag type plate changer built in with 12 metal plate holders. Sliding body focusing. W.W. rouch. 1888.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1726
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, leather, textile, metal (unknown) and bone
- Measurements:
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overall: 135 mm x 100 mm x 220 mm,
- type:
- disguised camera, box camera and plate camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
