The Sibyl camera

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1901-1911 in London

maker:: Newman and Guardia Limited

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke lens series III Eq. F:4.4 inches f/6.5-45 No.19414. Rotary shutter cocked with + and 0 lever with these signs visible through lens. /2/4/6/16/32/64/100/. Lever focusing. Optical frame finder, detachable reflecting finder with two spirits. Ground glass focusing screen. With folding wooden tripod platform. No.189. Newman & Guardia c.1906

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/2920

Materials:: wood and glass

type:: plate camera and folding camera

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

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