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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
95x120mm red Morocco leather case with two latches. Lined with plain red plush. Rectangular gilt mat with rounded top corners. 65x90mm daguerreotype full length portrait of young lady seated three quarter face at table. Some tinting. Date given as 1845.

Daguerreotype In Red Morocco Case

Photographs

1845
Hand-held flash reflector with moulded plastic pistol grip, metal dish, fitted with `Sashalite' brand flash bulb, screw fitting. British made, 1930s, Patent 370142.

Flash Reflector With 'Sashalite' Flash Bulb

Photographic Technology

1930s
Kodak Ltd. Box camera for 620 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Sliding plates with yellow filter and close-up lens. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Pin and screw flash contacts. Mottled fawn and brown finish, with gilt trim.

Brownie Flash IV camera

Photographic Technology

1950-1959
Vest Pocket Kodak Series 3. 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.53125. Diomatic No,0 shutter 10/25/50/100/B/T. Autotime exposure scale. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Screw focusing. Autographic back. Textured grey finish with gold lines. No.94603. Eastman Kodak, 1928-1933.

Vanity Vest Pocket Kodak Series 3 Camera

Photographic Technology

1928-1933
Folding camera for 118 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures, built in rotary shutter, separate releases for T & I. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, with hood, No 46934. Eastman Kodak. 1900-1903.

No 3 folding pocket Kodak model AB

Photographic Technology

1900-1903
Tasco Binocular camera made in Japan by Tasco Sales Inc. 110 cartridge camera combined with binoculars, 7x20, field 508 at 1000 yards. F:112mm, f/5.6, Tele-Tasco lens. In original carton. Serial No 7713949.

Tasco Binocular Camera

Photographic Technology

1977
Specto Royal 8mm portable cine projector, type 204, for standard 8mm film. 1960-1961. Camera built in to case. Serial No 3896. Lentar 20mm lens f/1.4. Bought by A Gill in 1961 for £28/9/6d.

Specto Royal 8mm Projector Type204

Cinematography

1960-1961
Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 2.5x1.6 inches; Kodak Anastigmat lens F:83mm f/6.3 no. 52110; Kodamatic No 0 shutter 1/10-1/100 second; brilliant reflecting finder; screw focusingl autographic back; 'Peacock' cyan green covering and bellows with gold lines. Serial Number 100403.

Vanity Kodak Camera (Vest Pocket Kodak Series III)

Photographic Technology
95x120mm red Morocco leather case with two latches. Plain red plush lining. Rectangular gilt mat with rounded top corners. Bound but not framed. 67x92mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of middle aged lady seated with dog in her lap. Skirt of dress covered with pink roses. Pink roses in her hair. Rest fully tinted with gilt on ring, necklace and brooch.

Daguerreotype In Red Morocco Case

Photographs
Trademark triangle containing AG over sunset. Box form magazine camera for 9 x 12cm plates rapid rectilinear lens sliding plate with two apertures, fixed focus. Two reflecting finders with hoods. Plate in carriers help horizontally in upper compartment swinging into focal plane when knob on camera front is pulled. Three plate holders. No 3805.

Krugener's delta camera

Photographic Technology

1892
Twin lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. With taking lens by Zeiss Tessar F: 7.5cm f/3.5-22 No.1664775 (coated). Viewing lens Heidoscope-anastigmat F: 7.5cm f/3.1. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B/T. Aperture and shutter lever set, numbers visible in window above viewing lens. Rack and pinion focusing on reflex window above viewing lens. Rack and pinion focusing on reflex viewing screen. Hood, magnifier, frame sports finder and level on ground glass screen. Lever windon, automatic exposure counter. Exposure calculator. No.424538. Francke and Heidecke.

Rolliflex camera

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Moulded tenite bodied self erecting collapsing camera for 828 rollfilm 28 x 40 mm. Kodak anastigmat lens F50mm f/5.6-15 built in shutter 25/50/100/T/B. Front cell focusing infinity to 4 feet. Optical direct vision finder. Eastman Kodak Co, 1938-1941.

Kodak Bantam F5.6 camera

Photographic Technology

1938-1941
Beirette Model II 35mm single lens refelx camera. fitted with Meritar 45mm. f2.9 lens by E Ludwig, Serial No 1498511, in Priomet shutter. bought from Boots in 1967 for £6 5 shillings. Used mainly for colour slides.

Beirette Model II 35mm Camera

Photographic Technology

1967
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
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
Olympus OM -0 Q camera; black body only; Serial no 1293568. Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-S lens, 50mm 1:1.8, Serial No 3794587.

Olympus OM-10 Camera

Photographic Technology
Instruction book for Brownie Vecta camera.

Instruction Book For Brownie Vecta Camera

Photographic Technology
Box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, fixed aperture, rotary shutter B/I, push button release and two large reflecting finders. Kodak Limited. 1950-1959.

Brownie Six-20 Camera Model C

Photographic Technology

1950-1959
Folding camera for 118 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens, F:127mm F?6.3-45, No 104717. No 1 Kodex shutter, 25/50/T/B with cable release. Lever focusing, screw rising front. Brilliant reflecting finder, (front lens missing). Autographic back. No 20021.

No 3 Kodak Series III camera

Photographic Technology

1931-1933
Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens of fixed aperture. Reflecting finder. Inset circular label in silver. 'Fiftieth anniversary of Kodak 1880-1930 E K Co.' Brown leatherette with gilt fittings. Eastman kodak.500,000 given away on May 1 1930 to children in the USA who were 12 years old in 1930. 50,000 were also given to Canadian children with a roll of film. 1930.

No 2 Hawkeye camera - Eastman Anniversary Model

Photographic Technology

1930
Magazine box camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch notched cut films. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with four apertures US 8, 16, 32, 256 rotary shutter, 5/10/20/40/80. Two reflecting finders and a ball bearing spirit level. With twenty cut films held in spring loaded compartment. When rotated the exposed film is released by a sliding mechanism and passed to the rear of the camera. Camera has a black leatherette covering. R. & J. Beck Limited.

Frena 00 camera

Photographic Technology
Canon F1 35mm single lens reflex camera; fitted with Canon 500mm f/8 refelx telephoto to lens (1983-5119). Serial No 29395.

Canon F1 35mm SLR camera

Photographic Technology
Nicnon TF.S binocular camera outfit, 7 x 50 prismatic binoculars, variable interocular separation, centre wheel focusing, calibrated in feet, =2, -4 dioptre adjustment on each eyepiece. Field 300 ft at 1000 yds. Nicnon lenses F/3.5, F: 165mm coated. Righthand lens Serial No103548 sliding lens hood. Halframe 35mm camera fitted to side of righthand lens, motorwind, shutter speeds 1/60, 1/125/ 1/250. Corss graticule in righthand section. Accessory show, tripod bush. With leather neckstrap. Serial No.703609. Nichiryo international corp ltd. c.1974.

Nicnon TF.S binocular camera outfit

Photographic Technology

1969-1979
'Viscawide 16' panoramic camera leather case, c. 1960. With 2 cassettes. Inscription in gold on front 'VISCAWIDE-16'.

Case for Viscawide-16 Panoramic Camera

Photographic Technology

1960
Collapsing camera in brown Bakelite for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a simple lens, T/I shutter, sliding plate with three apertures, rotating reflecting finder. Kodak Limited, 1930.

No 2 Hawkette camera

Photographic Technology

1930
Box camera for 124 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus achromat lens, sliing plate with three apertures, rotary shutter T/I. Two reflecting finders. Eastman kodak. 1908-1934.

No 3 Brownie Camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1908-1934
Three lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. With two coated anastigmat lenses I-22. F: 7.5cm f/4.5-22. No,008966. Twin shutters 15/30/60/125/B. Both lenses gear coupled to reflex viewfinder lens, brilliant focusing screen, centred ground disc. Hood with magnifier and sports frame finder. Made of moulded plastic. Made in Russia. Two lens caps, one missing.

Sputnik stereo camera

Photographic Technology

1960
Kodak stereo camera instructions. Eastman Kodak, 1954-1959.

Kodak stereo camera instructions

Photographic Technology

1954
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
PPC (Presenta Pocket Ciné) Silent 9.5mm projector/viewer. Pocket sized viewer and projector for 9.5mm film in closed cassettes. Retailed in United Kingdom by Presenta Ltd, manufactured in Switzerland, 1926. British Patent Nos 259935 and 267812; other patents pending. Cable missing plug attachment.

Presenta Pocket Ciné Silent 9.5mm projector/viewer

Cinematography

1935
Pentax ME 'Super' SLR camera for 35mm film with 2 lenses, made by Asaki Optical Co., Japan, 1978. Camera Serial No 1136652. Sticker on front 'Passed'. bought from photographic dealer in 1984 for £140s.

Pentax ME SLR

Photographic Technology

1978-1984
Casio QV11 LCD digital camera with accessories. Serial No 4006331A.

Casio QV11 LCD digital camera with accessories

Photographic Technology
Hanimex PF628 Tele-Hanomatic camera. Pocket camera for 110 cartridge film; fixed exposure; normal tele lens setting; flipflash socket.

Hanimex PF628 Tele-Hanomatic camera

Photographic Technology
Leica I camera, made by Leitz, 1929.

Leica I Camera

Photographic Technology

1929
Accessories for Nishika N8000 3-D 35mm camera, 1989. Instruction booklet; warranty card; order form for film processing; carrystrap.

Accessories For Nishika N8000 3-D 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1989
Box form panoramic camera for 35mm film, 24 x 105mm. Industar-50 rotating lens F:5cm f/5. Exposure by focal plate slot on lens tube. 100/200/400 settings. Spirit level, wire frame finder and exposure counter. No. 620851.

FT-2 panoramic camera

Photographic Technology

1959-1969
Holder for magnesium ribbon. Calibrated in inches and centimetres. Continuous feed by rotating wheel. With five reels magnesium ribbon. In original box.

The Pistol Flashmeter

Photographic Technology
Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 digital camera. Serial No 70056. Sony video lens F=4.8, 1:2.0. Lithium battery (removed).

Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 digital camera

Photographic Technology

1997
Apple Mac QuickTake 150 digital camera. Serial No. TL638000Z4NW. Built in flash; LCD screen.

Apple Mac QuickTake 150 digital camera

Photographic Technology

1995
Watkins bee meter. White metal with tin or chrome plating.

Watkins bee meter

Photographic Technology

c.1913
Watch type actinometer in solid silver case hallmarked for Birmingham. Gothic in style 't', 'A.W.' 1893. Back engraved with crowned A monogram and the Prince of Wales feathers. With rose, thistle and shamrock decoration. Wynne.

Queen Alexandra's Wynne's Infallible exposure meter

Photographic Technology

1893
Pocket camera for 110 cartridge 13 x 17mm. Fixed aperture and focus lens with sliding cover. Fixed speed shutter, cocked by sliding film windon. Direct vision optical finder. Magicube flash socket rotated by windon mecahnism. Camera permanently enclosed in plastic case simulating peer 100 cigarette packet. In fitted presentation case with Kodacolor film, magicube flash extender and German instructions sheet . Kodak AG.

Peer 100 camera set

Photographic Technology

1976
Cine-Kodak Outfit 923 Kodascope Projector. Cine projector for 16mm silent film. Projection lens F: 2 inches focussed by eccentric. Double shutters counter rotating. Claw intermittent, 2 continuous sprocket. Framing by double gate mask. Electric motor drive 90/100v 50cps, 1/100HP No.748786 by Robbins and Myers Company of Springfield, Ohio. Rheostat control ammeter calibrated to 5 amps. Hand rewind. Elevating screw foot. Serial No.02677. Eastman Kodak Company.

Cine-Kodak Outfit 923 Kodascope Projector

Cinematography

1923
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
Eyelevel solid body camera for 828 rollfilm 28 x 40mm. Fitted with a Kodak Anaston lens, coated f/5.6. Shutter 25/50. Single control calibrated 1-11. front cell focusing. Direct vision optical finder. Disc calculator on back - calibrated for light settings, weather and film types. Kodachrome, Kodacolor, black and white. Film type indicator. Coaxial flash socket. Kodak Limited. Exposure panel on back. Serial No 130270.

Kodak Bantam Colorsnap camera

Photographic Technology

1955
'Ticka' camera. Pocket watch-shaped rollfilm camera for 18mm wide film in special cassette. 15x23mm pictures. Fixed aperture simple lens. T/I shutter; lens cap. With accessory brilliant reflecting finder. Exposure counter. In cloth case, with directions, instruction book, receipt, instruction card. Engraved with interlaced 'HTC' on front of case.

Ticka watch camera

Photographic Technology

1906