Whole-plate studio camera for 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Cooke Portrait lens fitted Taylor

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection

Whole-plate studio camera for 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Cooke Portrait lens fitted Taylor, Taylor and Hobson barrel, Series II, F:14 1/2" f/4.5 No 97948; hemispherical bellows shutter behind lens. Sharp-soft focus lens adjustment. Rack rising front; rack focusing on front and back; screw adjustment of front extension bed. Vertical swing back, rack adjusted horizonatal swing back. Fitted with Kodak pattern spring back (not original) for 1/1 plates, with spare Kodak pattern spring back for 1/2 plates.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/7938
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), glass, cardboard and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
overall: 300 mm x 400 mm x 670 mm,
type:
studio camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Tripod Stand for Studio Camera

Tripod Stand for Studio Camera

Stand for whole plate studio camera. Three legs, front leg has wheel. Two handles for adjusting height and angle at rear.

Measurements:
overall: 870 mm x 610 mm
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , bakelite and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1990-5036/7938/1
type:
studio camera