Collection

camera

maker:: Houghtons Limited

Sanderson plate camera, with; leather carying case, two plate slides, tripod, dark cloth, unexposed plates, exposure meter and an actionmeter.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Object Number:: Y1973.14

type:: camera

credit:: Gift of G W Nicholson

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Parts

"Sanderson" Camera

"Sanderson" Camera

The "Sanderson" drop-front bellows plate camera, made by Houghtons Limited 1909, with a Goerz anastigmat series III lens and a Gauthier "Koilos" shutter.

Materials:: leather , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y1973.14.1

type:: camera

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

camera accessory

camera accessory

dark cloth for sanderson camera

Object Number:: Y1973.14.2

type:: camera accessory

camera tripod

camera tripod

Quickset double extension tripod in leather case, made by J. & A. Wilkinson.

Materials:: metal (unknown) and leather

Object Number:: Y1973.14.3

type:: camera tripod

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Photographic Printing Frames

Photographic Printing Frames

Five wooden printing frames.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , glass , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and fibre (unidentified)

Object Number:: Y1973.14.4

type:: photographic equipment

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Glass Plate Negatives

Glass Plate Negatives

Packet containing two unexposed plate negatives (opened).

Measurements:: overall: 10 mm x 135 mm x 105 mm,

Materials:: glass and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: Y1973.14.5

type:: glass plate negative

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Wynne's "Infallible" Hunter Meter

Wynne's "Infallible" Hunter Meter

Wynne's 'Infallible' Hunter exposure meter; a pocket watch style actinometer by Infallible Exposure Meter Company.

Materials:: tin (metal) , steel (metal) and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: Y1973.14.6

type:: photographic equipment

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Actinometer

Actinometer

Autotype disc actinometer.

Measurements:: overall: 18 mm 45 mm,

Materials:: metal (unknown) , glass , wood (unidentified) and felt

Object Number:: Y1973.14.7

type:: actinometer

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem