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Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Logitech FotoMan digital camera

Photographic Technology

1990

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Stereo Realist 2.8 camera

Photographic Technology

1947-1971

Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951
Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris diaphragm 1-4, ball bearing shutter 25/50/B/T, sliding focusing two click stop position 100 & 8 feet. Rotating reflecting finder, No 1024071. Eastman Kodak 1915-1916.

No 2 folding autographic brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1915-1916
Cine Kodak Eight Model 20. Movie camera for standard 8mm film, 25 feet double run. f/3.5-16 anastigmat lens. Clockwork motor, approx. 30 seconds run. Optical frame finder, with parallax indicator in folding handle. Footage indicator sensing feed spool capacity. No. U8548. Kodak Limited. 1932.

Cine Kodak Eight Model 20

Cinematography

1932
Bell-Howell Filmo Double Run 8 Model 134-B. Cine camera for double run 8mm film, 25 foot load. Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Mytal anastigmat lens, F: 12.5mm f/2.5-16 in interchangeable mount. Direct vision optical finder with two hinged masks for telephoto lenses. Variable speed clockwork motor. 16, 32, 48, 64 fps. Disc exposure calculator. Claw intermittent, no sprocket. No. 179302. Bell & Howell.

Bell-Howell Filmo Double Run 8 Model 134-B

Cinematography
Ensign Auto Kinecam '16' Model B. Clockwork powered camera for 16mm film, 100' load. Single sprocket and claw drive. Cinar anastigmat lens fitted, F: 1 inch, f/2.6-16 in focusing mount. 8 frame per turn shaft hand operation. Release button selects normal half speed or slow motion speeds. Direct vision optical finder. Detachable winding handle or slow motion speeds. Drum footage counter, No.1987. Ensign Ltd, c1931. Exposure stop calculator bolted to left side.

Ensign Auto Kinecam '16' Model B

Cinematography

1929
Kodak DC210 zoom digital camera with accessories and packaging. Built-in flash; LCD screen; Kodak Ektonar lens F;4.0-47, 28-58mm (equiv) macro, focus 2x zoom. Serial no EKE74201960.

Kodak DC210 digital camera

Photographic Technology

1997
Folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Kodak Anastigmat Special lens No 689, F:100mm, f/3.5-22. Five blade shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Aperture setting coupled directly to photoelectric cell for automatic exposure control. Helical front-cell focusing coupled to split image rangefinder with triangular central field, combined with viewfinder. With leather hand strap. Lever wind-on. No 59714. The camera was designed by Joseph Mihalyi and styled by Walter Dorwin Teague.

Kodak Super Six-20 camera

Photographic Technology

1938-1944
Casio QV-10A digital camera, Serial Number 4015575A. LCD screen. Tiffen 37mm + 4 lens, made in Japan.

Casio QV-10A digital camera

Photographic Technology

1996
Kodak Kodascope 8 Model 30 projector. For 8mm film 200 feet reels, claw intermittent, 2 sprockets. Motor speed control, lamp switch, for 110 or 240 volts.

Kodak Kodascope 8 Model 30 projector

Cinematography

c. 1948
Folding camera for Kodak Instant Print film PR-10; auto exposure; darken-lighten control; brightline finder incorporating coincidence rangefinder; battery test button; flip-flash socket; motorised picture ejection.

Kodak EK8 Instant camera

Photographic Technology

1977
Halina Rolls 35mm. camera; Serial No 923; with 45mm f3.5 Halina anastigmat lens; bought by Phyllis McLaughin at Grattan's where she worked for £5/19/6d, 1964.

Halina Rolls 35mm

Photographic Technology

1963-1964
'Magic Photoret' pocket watch detective camera for 2 inch diameter circular film, six exposures, 12 x 12mm. Pinhole lens rotating shutter, single speed, hole for pin stop as for time exposure, Circular film held in back of camera front rotates to six positions. Patents July 25th 1893 Nov 28. 1893. Magic introduction company. 1894. Designer William K L Dickson. Takes six hexagonal photographs on a 'disc' of film.

'Magic Photoret' detective camera

Photographic Technology

1894
Box camera for 103 rollfilm 3 1/2 x 12 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, of fixed aperture, in rotating mount. Exposure by focal plane slot on lens mount, two speeds (faulty), brilliant reflecting finder shows vertical field, engraved lines sow horizontal field. Two film spools retaining pins missing. No 12238. Eastman Kodak, 1907-1914.

No 4 panoram kodak model D

Photographic Technology

1907-1914
Cinerex SU200 Super-8. 8mm sound projector with microphone. Serial No 77050515. Film reel missing. Purchased 1978 for £142.18.

Cinerex SU200 Super-8 Sound Projector

Cinematography

1978
Seven transistor medium and longwave radio with integral Kodak Insamatic 100 camera; 126 cartridege camera; compartment to store 4 capless AG1 type flashbulbs.

GEC Transistomatic camera/radio Model G822

Photographic Technology

1964
Kodak magnesium ribbon holder instructions. Kodak Limited. 1912-1939.

Kodak magnesium ribbon holder instructions

Photographic Technology

1912-1939
Made in Germany by Steineck Kamerawerk. Subminiature camera for discs of film 25mm diameter, 8 exposures 7mm diameter. Steinhetl VI lens F:12.5mm f/2.8 fixed aperture, coated cobir enamel. Two-speed rotary shutter. Refelcting finder - concave mirror and ball and pin sight. Wristwatch shaped, on green leather strap. In case. Could be Steiner-Optik GmbH?. Designed in Germany by Dr R Steineck.

Steineck ABC wristwatch camera

Photographic Technology

1949
Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Kodar lens, f7.9-32, number 0 Kodex shutter 25/50/T/B. Screw focusing; brilliant reflecting rotating finder, autographic back, black pattern leatherette covering. No 51701. Eastman Kodak 1926-1934.

vest pocket kodak series III camera

Photographic Technology

1926-1934
Pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; electronic shutter, automatic exposure, fitted with flash attachment and blue Silvathia magicube.

Kodak pocket Instamatic 400 camera

Photographic Technology
Photographic prints; 11x45mm; Art Studies No 2 series 42. Ten views in total.

Stereo cards for 3-D Vistascreen viewer 'Art Studies No2'

Photographs
Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom digital camera. Serial No EKA74501849. 3x optical zoom, auto focus, no LCD viewer, optical viewer, 756x504 pixels.

Kodak Digital Science DC50 zoom digital camera

Photographic Technology

1996
Plastic body box camera for stereo, 127 rollfilm 2 x 2 x 1 5/8 inches. Fitted with two meniscus lenses of fixed aperture. Lever cocked instantaneous double shutter. Covering blade on No 1 lens permits single exposures. 'binocular Viewfinder', double binocular direct vision optical finders. Double socket flash contact. Instructions on back plate. Serial No D87476.

Coronet 3D camera

Photographic Technology

1953
Minolta Pocket Autopak pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; Auto exposure; focusing scale visible in brightline finder; magicube socket; closeup lens with yellpw filter indicator in finder; low level light; No 113370. Bought by Thomas Nichols from a photograph dealer for £48.01.

Minolta Pocket Autopak 70 camera

Photographic Technology

1977
Reflex Korelle camera. Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm. Schneider Radionar lens f:7.5cm, f2.9, Serial Number 1174589, screw mount fabric focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Delayed action, lever window, frame finder. Overall (deployed): 150 mm x 140 mm x 100 mm.

Reflex-Korelle single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1935
Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat series XI lens no 123826 F: 6 1/4 inch f/3.5-16. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Shutter released by mirror raising knob, rotating back with Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor. Ground glass focusing screen with depp hood. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology
Watkins exposure meter, made by R. Field and Co. Birmingham. Cylindrical form; pendulum cap. Actinometer from carrying long strip of sensitive paper under tinted disc. Calculator on body - 6 scales, 4 rotating, two fixed.

Watkins Exposure Meter

Photographic Technology

c. 1895
Halina Rolls 35mm. camera with 45mm f3.5 Halina anastigmat lens and original manufacturer's carton, c. 1963.

Instruction Booklet For Halina Rolls 35mm Camera

Photographic Technology

1963-1964
eumig C4 cine camera. For doublerun 8mm film; Berthiot Perlynx lens F12.5, f/2.5, No 301897. Electric motor drive; DV optical finder.

Eumig C4 8mm Cine Camera

Cinematography
Mutoscope by International Mutoscope Reel Co Inc, NY, USA. Animated peepshow machine for Mutoscope reels; operated by inserting one penny; internal electric lamp. Contains one reel. Advertising frame for 'The Sudden Surprise' - not related to reel. Section of side cut-away to allow view of reel inside . Serial No AB221 (previously shown as AB 3682 on Kodak Form).

Mutoscope

Cinematography

1920s-1940s
Pocket tripod in fountain pen shape. Opens to 9 or 12 inches high with a built in ball and head socket. Jaegar LeCoultre, 1937.

Pocket Tripod for Compass Camera

Photographic Technology

1937
Instant camera for PR10 instant film packs; 'Zooming Circle' focusing aid in finder; darken-lighten control; auto-exposure; built-in electronic flash. Brown plastic.

Kodak EK300 instant camera

Photographic Technology
Box camera for E29 rollfilm 3 x 1 5/ 8 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. T/I rotary shutter. Two reflecting finders. With blue leatherette covering. Houghton-Butcher Mfg Co Ltd, London.

Ensign E29 box camera

Photographic Technology
Plastic collapsing camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. T/I shutter. Reflecting rotating finder.

Rajar No 6 camera

Photographic Technology

1929
Vest Pocket Kodak Series III Autographic folding camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens F: 83mm f/6.3-32 No 48116. Diomatic No 0 shutter 10/25/50/100/B/T. Screw focusing. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. No 101203. In maroon figured finish with gold trim. Eastman Kodak. 1928-1933.

Vanity Vest Pocket Kodak Series III Autographic Camera

Photographic Technology

1928-1933
For 126 cartirdge film; two-speed shutter; fixed lens; DV optical finder; special hot shoe for flash. A present to Andy Wallace from his wife in 1973. cost £4.74. With flash unit attached.

Kodak Instamatic 36 camera

Photographic Technology

1973
Ricoh Mirai autofocus 35mm S.L.R. camera, serial No.47108542. With power zoom lens 35-135mm 1:4.-5.6, macro; with lens cap. Manufactured by Ricoh Company, Japan, 1988. retailed by Johnson's Photopia.

Ricoh Mirai Autofocus 35mm SLR camera

Photographic Technology

1988
Collapsing camera for 121 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inch. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, automatic built in shutter, separate release s for T/I. Brilliant reflecting finder. No 10156. Eastman Kodak, 1904-1909.

No 0 folding pocket Kodak Model A-B camera

Photographic Technology

1902-1906
Pentax EV A3 SLR camera for 35mm film, serial No.3002246. Fitted with lens 1990-5030/2.

Pentax EV A3 SLR camera

Photographic Technology

1987
Folding camera for instant pictures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Coated lens. Front cell focusing. Wheel stops, coupled with shutter, EV 11-18 with B facility. Direct vision optical finder. Flash synchronised, hot shoe. No. LC 550030. Polaroid Corporation. Supplied by Hambletons, 3 Norwich Union House, Western Road, Romford.

Polaroid Land Camera Model 80B

Photographic Technology

1954
Twin lens reflex camera for 35mm film, 24 x 36mm. Fitted with two Agfa color Apotar lens F: 45mm, f/2.8-22, coated. Helical focusing mount with finder lens, reflex screen with split image finder in centre. Folding hood with magnifier and optical frame finder. Prontor shutter 1/2/5/8/15/30/125/250/500/B. Coaxial flash socket. X-Synch. Lever wind. Rotary exposure counter. Film type reminder wheel. With lens hood. Serial No AB 3850. Agfa c.1961.

Agfa Flexilette Twin Lens Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1956-1966
Plastic bodied box camera for 127 rollfilm 4 x 6.5cm. Fitted with a Rodenstock lens, f/11 sliding plate with three apertures. B/I rotary shutter. Two reflecting finders. Made in Germany.

Merit box camera

Photographic Technology

1930-1940
Folding stand camera for 3.25x4.25 inch plates; Lancaster patent lens with iris disphragm: f/10; rising and cross front, swing back; track and pinion focusing on lens panel; ground glass screen in Lancaster patent swing-out mount.

Lancaster 1893 Instantograph camera

Photographic Technology

1893
Polaroid Land camera 'Swinger Model 20' e, c.1968. built-in flash. Plastic carrystrap. Serial No F6511.

Polaroid Land Camera Swinger Model 20

Photographic Technology

1968-1974