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Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

Stereo Realist 2.8 camera

Photographic Technology

1947-1971

Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

The Demon Detective camera

Photographic Technology

1889

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Logitech FotoMan digital camera

Photographic Technology

1990
Copy of 1866 Dallmeyer collodion carte-de-visite camera. Stand also replica. Made by Science Museum workshops.NOTE ScM Inv.No.1920-613 used with Shepherd lens, PHL1456.

Replica of 1866 Dallmeyer carte-de-visite camera

Photographic Technology

1983 (replica); 1866 (original)
Leica I camera, made by Leitz, 1929.

Leica I Camera

Photographic Technology

1929
SMC Pentax-M f1;2.8-4 40mm-80mm zoom lens no.7549226. With plastic lens cap.

SMC Pentax-M f2.8 40mm-80mm Zoom Lens

Photographic Technology
Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch. Teak and bronzed metal. Aldis-Butcher Anastigmat F:4.25 inches f/4.5-32 No 151366. fabric focal plane shutter 25/40/50/75/125/250/500/T. Rack and pinion focusing, infinity to 4', ground glass focusing screen with collapsing hood, mirror removed by shutter release, optical frame finder, F: 6604. Houghton-Butcher.

Ensign FP Roll Film Reflex Camera (Tropical Model)

Photographic Technology

1928
Box camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, rotary shutter T/I. With two reflecting finders. Kodak Limited, 1914-1935

No 0 brownie camera model A

Photographic Technology

1914-1935
Justophot Automatic Drem Exposure Meter. Telescope-type meter; scales for time, speed and aperture; in leather case; in original box with instructions. White metal tube with eye-piece. box also contains leather case, abridged instructions and full instructions booklet. Patentee Dr Emille Meyer.

Drem Justaphot extinction meter

Photographic Technology

1930
'Little Ted', soft toy from BBC children's programme 'Playschool', c 1977.

'Little Ted' from BBC children's television series 'Playschool', c 1977

Television

1964-1988
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
Kodak stereo camera instructions. Eastman Kodak, 1954-1959.

Kodak stereo camera instructions

Photographic Technology

1954
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
Magazine box camera for notched cut films 2 1/2 x 3 /12 inches. Fitted with a beck Steinheil Orthostigmat lens No. 10395 US 8-255, four apertures in rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/ aperture and shutter setting visible through lens. Shutter set through panel in base. With two reflecting finders, spirit level in film change handle with two Taylor Taylor Hobson double levels added. Covered in stitched calf leather with gilt fittings. R & J Beck.

De Luxe frena camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1892
Red paper packet of 'Paper Nitric' for Agfa 'Flashlight-Lamp', manufactured in Berlin about 1922.

Packet of 'Paper Nitric'

Photographic Technology

1917-1927
'Humpty', soft toy from BBC children's programme 'Playschool', c 1977.

'Humpty' from BBC children's television series 'Playschool', c 1977

Television

1964-1988
'Big Ted', soft toy from BBC children's programme 'Playschool', c 1977.

'Big Ted' from BBC children's television series 'Playschool', c 1977

Television

1964-1988
Serial cable for Kodak DC210 Zoom digital camera.

Serial cable for Kodak DC210 digital camera

Photographic Technology

1997
Packet of Hypo for Enitone and Collodion Self Toning papers, in printed paper wrapper.

Hypo For Enitone and Collodion Self Toning Papers

Photographic Technology

1924
Ensign Ful-Vue box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Cast metal body with powder coating and plastric strap. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture and focus. T/I shutter. Large brilliant reflecting finder. 21st birthday present to June Foulds in 1952, £2/13/10d.

Ensign Ful-Vue camea

Photographic Technology

1951-1952
Folding bellows camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4". Simple lens, US 116-128. Wollensak Optical Co shutter T/I/B. Brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard, reversible. Sliding focusing, with 3 position preset stop. Patent 20 September 1910.

No 2A Folding Buster Brown camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1910
Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work. Makers and photographers C. Abbott; A. Bartlett; D. Cross; S Le Frank.

Miniature Scale Model of 2C Brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1924
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I, with two brilliant reflecting finder. In blue leatherette. 1929-1935.

No 2 brownie model f camera

Photographic Technology

1929-1935
SMC Pentax-A f/1;2.8 35mm lens Serial No 6101080. With lens cover. Manufactured by Asaki Optical Co, Japan 1987. Lens case, embossed on top 'Pentax', on bottom 'HA-90B' Japan'.

SMC Pentax-A f2.8 35mm lens and case

Photographic Technology

1987
Pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; Fujinon 23mm lens f/5.6, fixed focus; Mechanical shutter 1/250 sec.; aperture of f/5.6 or f/11 set by cartridge insertion (ASA 100 or 400_ built-in electronic flash; radio AM 520-1610 KHz; 9 transistor; 120 mW output; tuning indicator; Serial No A1425363.

National camera C-R1 with radio

Photographic Technology

1978
Made by Company craftsmen at Kilburn camera repair works. 1/8th scale model of Brownie camera made for presentation to the Queen Mary's Doll's House project. Fully working. With 2 negatives taken with camera - one of men who made it; 2 contact prints and two enlargements. Camera not presented as a second, folding model was thought more appropriate. Lens: 1/2" piano convex from microscope objective; finder lenses watch crown jewels. Cost approxiamtely £30; six weeks work.

Negative Taken With Queen Mary's Doll's House Camera

Photographic Technology

1924
Folding camera for 122 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, US 4- 128. F.P.K automatic shutter, T/B/I with pneumatic release valve, sliding rising and cross front, sliding focusing, brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level and hood. No 635-A. Eastman Kodak, 1903-1908.

No 3a folding pocket Kodak model A

Photographic Technology

1903-1908
Folding camera for 101 rollfilm 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, US 4-128. Automatic shutter T/B/I with pneumatic release valves. Sliding focusing with preset stops. Brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard with hood. Eastman Kodak, 1904-1909.

No 2 folding pocket Kodak model C

Photographic Technology

1904-1909
One packet of Illingworth's 'Slogas' gaslight paper. 'Special Exhibition Sample', 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch.

Packet of 'Slogas' Paper

Photographic Technology

1924
Solid body camera for 35mm film in 24 x 36mm. Fitted with a Dallmeyer anastigmat lens F: 35mm, f/4.5-22, coated. Two blade shutter with behind the lens capping blade. 25/50/100/150/200/B. Helical focusing. Direct vision optical finder. White stove enamelled finish. Plate aperture and shutter rings. Cf 3996, 3997. No.1919-3296. Ilford ltd.

Ilford advocate camera

Photographic Technology
Folding stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. With a W Banks Bolton wide angle lens F: 5 1/2 inches rotating wheel with stops f/17, 23, 35, 46 No. 56. Sliding rising and cross front. Front standard fixed. Rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, double extension. Reversible back with hinged ground glass screen. Vertical swing back. Square bellows. Reynolds and Branson.

Reynolds and Branson quarter plate stand camera

Photographic Technology

1895-1905
Single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Nikko-S Auto lens F:5cm f/2 Serial No 542635; with lens cap 'Nippon Kogaku Tokyo 52mm Patent Pending'; focal plane shutter 1-1/1000 sec. delayed action; pentaprism/meter head, coupling to shutter setting and aperture; match needle in finder and on prism top; set shutter; adjust aperture no. 480256; Camera Serial no. 6451677.

Nikon F camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959
Cardboard folding white reflector and Photolux flashbulb holder for fitting to torch. In original packing with carton of Photoflux lamps (bulbs missing). Card tube. Silvered paper wrapping. With instructions.

Johnson Indoor Photography Outfit

Photographic Technology
'Poppy', soft toy from BBC children's programme 'Playschool', c 1977.

'Poppy' from BBC children's television series 'Playschool', c 1977

Television

1964-1988
Kodak disc Kodacolor HR film. Two empty cartons and one disc (normally two). Carton Serial No BHDBB 8672, expires Dec 1983. Disc has Serial Number BHDBB 867P

Kodak Disc Kodacolor HR film

Photographic Technology

1983
Kodak junior I camera original carton. Kodak Limited 1954-1963.

Kodak junior I camera original carton

Photographic Technology

1954-1963
Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera. 35mm automatic 3 Dimension. Hot shoe.Automatic shutter, electronically programmed, 1/30 to 1/500 seconds. Serilal No.230910334. 30mm Quadra lens system; 30mm f/5.6 Air Spaced Triplets with coated high indexed optical glass elements, prefocussed to 6' (2 metres) to infiniity. Serial No 1202.

Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1982
Awarded to N L Wilson, Harrow, in Eighth Exhibtion. Yellow metal medal . Obverse shows classssically-dressed woman with bellows, camera, shield, engraved ' Kodak Staff Photographic Society'. Reverse engraved in laurel wreath 'Eighth Exhibition 1950, M L Wilson, Harrow'. In lined case. Machine-tooled blue leatherette box, silk lined, blue velvet. Silk inside lid of box printed 'Watches & Clocks, Jewellery, The Glossoid Co Ltd, 45-50 Hillborn Viaduct, London, EC1, Cutlery, silver, electro-plate, cups & sports prizes a speciality'.

Kodak Staff Photographic Society bronze medal in case

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1930
Alfred C Kemper, Chicago. All-metal box camera for 1 1/4 inch film camera, 1 /8 inch diameter. Simple lens; removable cap with small aperture. T/I shutter. Removable disc in back to convert to graphoscope viewer. Two spring retaining clips. No 13286. In original carton.

The Kombi Camera

Photographic Technology

1893
Ansco Co, Binghampton. Box camera for 127 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 1 5/8". Simple lens, fixed aperture. Flip-flop rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Covered with maroon leatherette wwith gilt trim. Pat. Sept. 20 1910.

No 0 Buster Brown Box Camera

Photographic Technology

1910-1915
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
Kodak 24mm telephoto converter for Cone Ektann lens f/2.7 and f/1.9 for Brownie Movie camera. Coated with engraved depth of field indications. Provision for 32mm filters. Kodak Limited. With clip on front finder frame.

Kodak telephoto convertor

Cinematography
Box camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Kodak Canada Inc. 1924-1933.

No 2A Brownie Camera

Photographic Technology

1924-1933
Rigid body camera for Kodak PR-10 Instant Print packs; auto exposure; lighten-darken control; battery test button; brightline finder manual picture ejection; flip-flash socket.

Kodak EK2 Instant camera

Photographic Technology

1977
Collapsing camera for 127 rollfilm 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches. Meniscus lens, apertures 1-4. Ball Bearing shutter 25/50/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Black crackle finish. No 1721533.

Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1915-1926