'Midg' Camera Used to Make the First Two `Cottingley fairies' Photographs in 1917 Photographic Technology 1902-1917
Actinometer, bookform, in wallet. Fold-out card containing instructions booklet, all within paper wallet. Imperial Exposure Meter Photographic Technology
Sanderson field quarter plate camera made by Houghtons Ltd in around 1910 Photographic Technology c.1910
Imperial Duplex exposure meter. Two actinometers, incorporated in slide rule calculators in double folding booklet, one for bright light, the other for dull light. In original carton with packet of sensitive papers and instruction books. Exposure meter and two actinometers Photographic Technology
Two unused sensitive strips for Imperial duplex exposure meter. sensitive strips for Imperial duplex exposure meter Photographic Technology
Shew's Xit Eclipse quarter 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. No focusing screen. (M477) Eclipse plate camera Photographic Technology 1896
Sold by Johnathon Fallowfield, 146 Charing Cross Road. Packet of approx. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch ferrotype plates, presensitised. Nievsky's Ferrotype Dry Plates Photographic Technology
One dozen 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates, batch number 10703R. H & D number 250. Intact original packing with retailers sticker. J. Lizars, Aberdeen. The imperial dry plate company limited. imperial special rapid plates Photographic Technology
Sliding cardboard box for Imperial duplex exposure meter. Imperial duplex exposure meter box Photographic Technology
Bookform actinic meter by Imperial Dry Plate Co., Cricklewood. No.1 bright light, No 2, dull light. Imperial exposure meter Photographic Technology
Imperial exposure meter No instructions. Instructions For Imperial Exposure Meter No 1 Photographic Technology
Imperial exposure meter - No 1 for bright light instructions. Imperial Dry plate Company Instructions For Imperial Exposure Meter Photographic Technology
Book type actinometer, with a sliding strip of sensitive paper, slide rule calculator with scales for actinometer times 1/5-100, H & D speeds 5-600, apertures f/4.5-64 US 1-256, and exposure times 1/500-60 secs.Imperial Dry plate Company Imperial exposure meter - No 1 for bright light Photographic Technology
Single plate for the Coronet box camera. Coronet Camera Co. Single Photographic Plate Photographic Technology c. 1934
Magazine plate camera in form of book, for 38 x 38mm plates. Lens missing, guillotine shutter with tension adjusting knob, plate carried in metal holder then pushed from upper compartment into focal plane and then into the lower compartment by sliding rod. Number on plate holder back visible through red window. No 1742. Marion & Co, 1934. Invented by Dr Rudolf Krugener. Kruegener's patent book camera No 1510 Photographic Technology 1884-1894
Half-plate (6 1/2"x4 3/4") dark slide for twelve lens repeating, back wet plate camera, c 1870. Half-plate dark slide for twelve lens wet plate camera, c 1870 Photographic Technology 1865-1875
Calotype camera with lens and metal focussing cover, (mahogany), c 1839-1842. Camera owned and used by William Henry Fox Talbot; made by Andrew Ross. During 1838 and 1840 Talbot purchased a number of cameras to make photogenic drawings from the London instrument maker, Andrew Ross. Equipped with simple lens there is also an inspection hole in the lens panel above the lens that was use to check that the image was centrally located on the sensitive paper and correctly focused. Calotype camera used by William Henry Fox Talbot, c 1841 Photographic Technology 1839-1842
