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Beck Field camera

circa 1889
Mahogany and brass stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates. Fitted with an Underwood rapid rectilinear lens F: 9 inches f/8-64. Thornton Pickard time and inst. Roller blind shutter, 15/25/40/60/80/T. Sliding, rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, double extension, swing back, square bellows, with tripod head. Underwood.

Underwood Instanto Tailboard Field Camera

circa 1896
Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera, brass and mahogany. Bellows plate. Rising and swing front. Double focussing pinions - front and back Pendulum level. Built-in tripod fittings. No.3193A. Fitted with Cooke lens 1259. No 3193.

Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera

1899-1905
Kodak Escort 8 Movie Camera in brown leather field case. Kodak Ektanar lens, 13mm f/1.6. Case stamped with code V937 and 'Made in England'.

Kodak Escort 8 Movie Camera in Field Case

The Triple Diamond folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With triple extension, rising and tilting front, reversing and swing back movement. Lens panel hinged to baseboard. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens F.8 8 f.1. mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Of mahogany with brass fittings and tapered leather bellows.

Triple Diamond Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

The Invincible folding bellows field and stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Has double extension, tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back and rising front movement. Rack and pinion focusing. Base fitted with tripod head. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear lens f8 f.1 8.5". Mounted into a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Mahogany with brass fittings. W A C Smith, c 1910.

'The Invincible' folding bellows field and stand camera, c 1910

1905-1915
Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, conical leather bellows and a reversing back and rising front. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilienar lens F.8 7.15" f.1 with built in iris diaphragm.Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Mason & Co, c.1890.

Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

circa 1890
Thornton Pickard 'Ruby' folding bellows field or stand camera. With triple extension, tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back, rising front and rack and pinion focusing. Lens panel clips to the baseboard. Provision for a tripod. Fitted with an F.10 Aplanat lens by Lancaster. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Co. c.1885.

'Ruby' Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Darkslides

1880-1890
The Lancaster international collapsible bellows tailboard field or stand camera. Rising front and cross movement, swing back and reversing back. Two brass rails on the back. Threaded rod used for focusing with cranking handle at rear. Tripod bush fitted on the base. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear F.8.5" f.1 lens called The Rectigraph by Lancaster with Lancaster patent diaphragm. Made of mahogany with brass fittings with leather bellows. With two double dark slides c.1885

The Lancaster International Camera

circa 1885
Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. With double extension, reversing and tilting back, leather bellows, and rising front movement. Front standard is pulled out. Rack and pinion focusing. Base fitted with a tripod bush. Fitted with a French Rapid Rectilienar 12 inch f.1 lens with waterhouse stops. Mahogany with brass fittings. c.1885.

Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2

circa 1885
12" x 10" Thornton Pickard field camera with 15", f 6, Cooke Aviar Anastigmat Series IIIB lens,( no.227088), tripod, shutter, leather carry case and 2 double dark slides. c 1900.

12" x 10" Thornton Pickard field camera and case

1895-1905
Folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension. Fitted with a Symmetrical lens, F.8, 9inch f.l. Fitted in front of a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, speeds 1/5 to 1/90 sec. B. & T. c.1890.

The "Imperial" Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Three Book Form Double Darkslides.

1885-1895
Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. With double extension, square leather bellows, revolving and swing back and rising front. Rack and pinion focusing. Base fitted with a tripod bush. FItted with a rapid Rectilinear lens f.8 12 inch f.1 manufactured by Clement and Gilmer, Paris with lever operated diaphragm. Of mahogany with brass fittings. c.1890

Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2

circa 1890
'Triple Vecto' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With triple extension, tapered leather bellows, revolving back, rising and tilting front movement and focusing by rack and pinion. Fitted with a Symmetrical Doublet F.8 lens with wheel Stops. Mahogany with brass fittings. c.1900

Triple Vecto' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

circa 1900
Gandolfi 12 x 10 field camera. Cooke Series V, Anastigmat lens, 16 inch, f/8, Serial No 74381. About 1930. With four double dark slides; six whole plate adaptors; one quarter plate adaptor; one roller blind shutter; five lens panels; Ross Anastigmat, wide angle lens, f6.5; Taylor Hobson wide angle lens, Series VII B, Serial No 125423.

Gandolfi Field Camera

1930
Folding bellows field camera fitted with a symmetrical F.8 8" lens. Lizars c.1890.

folding bellows field camera

1900
Folding bellows field camera with a Lightning Rectilinear F.8 8/5" f.1 lens mounted in front of a Lizars Challenge roller blind shutter, speeds 1/15-1/90 sec B. & T. J Lizars, c.1895. With three wooden bookform double darkslides.

Folding Bellows Field Camera

circa 1895
One folding bellow field camera with three rapid rectlinear lenses and three book-form double dark slides and one Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter.

Field Camera with Lens, Dark Slides and Shutter

'The International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera, case and three book form double darkslides. With one sliding panel. The 'Rectigraph' lens is a Rapid Rectilinear approx 12" focal length, aperture F.8. Iris diaphragm was added later. Originally fitted with Waterhouse stops. Lancaster. c. 1885

'The International' Folding Bellows Tailboard Field or Stand Camera, Case and Three Book Form Double Darkslides.

1887
Collapsible folding bellows field or stand camera fpr negatices 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Double extension tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back, rising and tilting front lens panel. With rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a symmetrical Doublet lens F.8 5.5" f.1 lens mounted in front of a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Mahogany with brass fittings. c.1885

Collapsible folding bellows field or stand camera, c 1885

1880-1890
The G. Hare folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 6 1/2 x 4 3/4. Front standard has rising front and cross movement. Fitted with a Wray Acgromatic Landscape lens F.11 10" f.1 and a Dallmeyer Rapid Rectilinear F.7.5 7" f.1 lens. Diaphragm operated by lever. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. c.1895. Stored in a leather case with a handwritten note on the back, 'G. Irvine Robertson Glenelon Stirling'. Included are three double darkslides.

G Hare Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera, Two Lenses, Case and Three Double Darkslides.

1895
The Sanderson folding bellows field or stand camera for plates 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 and one darkslide. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, double swing and reversing back. Focusing by two rack and pinion mechanisms. Fitted with a Beck Steinheil 'Unofocal' patent Series 1 F.6.6 7.2" f.1 mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter. Polished teak with brass fittings. Houghton Ltd, c.1904.

Sanderson Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Darkslide.

1899-1909
The 'Sanderson' folding bellows field or stand camera for plates or cutfilm 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension and separate rack and pinion focusing. Reversing back and swing back. Fitted with a Busch Rapid Symmetrical F.8 8" f.1 mounted in a front of a Thornton Pickard roller-blind shutter with speeds 1/15sec to 1/90sec. Of polished French mahogany with brass fittings. Houghton, c.1900. With three wooden double dark slides.

The 'Sanderson' folding bellows field or stand camera for plates or cutfilm 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

circa 1900
'The Exhibition' folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Swing and reversing back, rising front and rack and pinion focusing. With tripod top of brass. With hinged ground glass screen. Fitted with an Aldis Anastigmat F.7.7 11" f.1 lens with rotating diaphragm. With Snap Shot Thornton Pickard type roller blind shutter with speeds 1/15 - 1/80sec. Mahogany construction with brass fittings and conical leather bellows. E and T Underwood, 1900.

'The Exhibition' folding bellows field camera

1900
Field Macro camera by Gandolfi to a design by John H Hammond. With one double dark slide, f180mm Doppel Anastigmat lens Serial No110451 and Kodak 203mm f7.7 Ektar lens in shutter and lens panel, circa 1955. Contents are contained in canvas carry case. There is also a board of mounted prints that go with this equipment, showing the camera in use and some of the photographs taken with it. One double dark slide made by Falmar Graflex Corp, United States, and two mechanical (camera) cable releases.

Field Macro Camera

1950-1959
Le Merveilleux plate camera, made by J Lancaster & Sons. Wooden stand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates, folding. Lens missing. Rack and pinion focussing. No movements. Swing out focussing screen. Wooden field camera for quarter-plates. (M2700)

Le Merveilleux plate camera

1890
Whole plate field camera, in canvas case. Camera has Taylor Taylor Hobson "Cooke Anastigmat f5.6" lens, Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, spare roller blind shutter, 3 double darkslides, cable release, bulb release and tripod with mounting head.

Whole Plate Field Camera in Canvas Case

1895-1905
Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With triple extension, tapered leather bellows, tilting and reversing back, rising and tilting front. With hinged lens panel. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke type Series IV F.5.6.8 1" f.1 to cover 7" x 5". Mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter called Automat, speeds 1sec 1/100B. & T. c.1914. Of mahogany with brass fittings. With two double darkslides.

Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Two Double Darkslides.

circa 1914
"Challenge" Model 'G' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With triple extension, conical leather bellows, a double swing back, rising front and brass support. Focusing by rack and pinion. fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Symmetrical F.8 7.2" f.1 lens mounted in an Automat Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter speeds 2sec-1/100sec B. & T. Of French mahogany with brass fittings. J Lizars. c.1895. With canvas carrying case.

Challenge Model G Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

circa 1895
'The Imperial' folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With tapered leather bellows, swing and reversing back, rising front and cross movement . Focusing by rack and pinion mechanism. Provision for a tripod. Fitted with a Thornton Pickard Beck Symmetrical F.8 8.5" f.1 lens. Mounted in front of lens is a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Speeds 1/5-1/90 sec B. & T. Of French mahogany with brass fittings. c.1890.

'The Imperial' folding bellows field or stand camera with triple extension, c 1890

1885-1895
Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2, and a wooden bookform double darkslide. With double extension, a double drop front, reversing back, rising and tilting front. With rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Triplet F.6 6.5" f.1 lens by the Aldis Brothers, Birmingham. Mahogany with nickel plated fittings. Aldis Ltd. c.1910

Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera and Wooden Darkslide

1905-1915
Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, and swing, reversing, tilting back, rising front and rack and pinion focusing. Base fitted with tripod bush. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear lens F.8 12.5 inch f.1 by Leviathan, London c.1900.

Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

1900
Folding bellows field camera. Fitted with a symmetrical F.8 8.5" f.1 lens. With Lizars roller blind shutter. c.1890.

folding bellows field camera

circa 1890
Whole-plate collapsible field camera, made entirely of wood, with one slide (no lens), by Ottewill; with "Carte de Visite" lens presented by Tear 15/7/30, 1853.

Whole-plate Collapsible Field Camera

1853
"The Princess May" folding bellows stand or field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, reversing back and rising front. With rack and pinion focusing. Base board can be pulled out. Fitted with a Taylor & Hobson Rapid Rectilinear lens, F.8, 7 1/4 inch f.l. Royalty cameras c.1900.

"The Princess May" Folding Bellows Stand or Field Camera, a Single Darkslide and a Rapid Rectilinear Lens.

circa 1900
'Ross' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. Double extension, square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement, swing and reversing back. Rack and pinion focusing. Back assembly slides on two brass struts. Fitted with a Ross Rapid Symmetrical lens of 12.5" f.1 with Waterhouse stops. Mahogany with brass fittings. Ross & Co c.1880.

'Ross' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. Double extension

1880
A folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement, reversing and swing back. Fitted with an Aplanat F.8 8.5" f.1 lens. Made of mahogany with brass fittings.c.1880

folding bellows field or stand camera

circa 1880
folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2. With double extension, tapered leather bellows reversing back and rising front. Hinged baseboard on supporting brass struts. Tightened with two thumb screws. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear F.8 12 inch f.1. Of mahogany with brass fittings. Albion Albumenising Co, c.1885.

Folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 6 1/2 x 8 1/2

1885
The Victo folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Has double extension, tapered leather bellows, reversing and swing back, rising and tilting front standard and rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear F.8 8.5inch f.l. Mounted in a Thornton Pickard roller shutter 1/15 - 1/90 sec and B. Made of polished mahogany with brass fittings. With canvas case. Gardener c.1900.

Victo folding bellows field or stand camera

1895-1905
Folding bellows tailboard field and stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear f/8 9.5" f.1 lens fitted to a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Watson & Sons. c 1890.

Watson & Sons Folding Bellows Tailboard Field and Stand Camera, c 1890

1885-1895
Folding bellows field or stand camera with a Symmetrical lens F.8 9inch f.1. Thornton Pickard. c 1890.

Thornton Pickard folding bellows field or stand camera, c 1890

1885-1895
The 'International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, leather bellows, swing and reversing back, rising front and cross movement. Fitted with a symmetrical F.II 8" f.1 mounted in a scissor type shutter. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Lancaster c.1885

The 'International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

1888
'The Baroness' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 13 x 18cm. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, rising front, swing back and reversing back. Rack and pinion focusing. Lens panel clips onto baseboard. Base is fitted with tripod bush. Fitted with Taylor T. Hobson Cooke Primoplan F.6.5 8" Series VIIA lens. Lens has to be removed before closing. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. With three wooden bookform double darkslides. c. 1900.

'The Baroness' Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

circa 1900
Folding bellows field or stand camera. Mahogany with brass fittings. Fitted with a Lancaster landscape type lens. No provision for a tripod. c.1890

Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

circa 1890
'Watson Tourist' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for megatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Front standard is permanently attached. Rack and pinion focusing with square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement, double swing back, reversing back and folding tailboard. Fitted with a Dallmeyer Aplanat lens F.16 with waterhouse stops. c. 1885.

Watson Tourist' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera for megatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

1885
The Imperial folding bellows field or stand camera. Fitted with a Thornton Pickard Beck Symmetrical F.8 5.5" f.1 lens. With brass lined grooves. c 1907.

Imperial folding bellows field or stand camera

1902-1912
Folding hand and stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck symmetrical lens f/8-64. Thornton Pickard rollerblind shutter Time. Rack and pinion focusing with double extension. Brilliant reflecting viewfinder with rotating mask on baseboard. Sliding rising front, vertical swing back. Reversible sing back with hooded ground glass focusing screen.

The Folding Victo Camera

1905-1915
Patent field camera by A J Melhuish of London. A 10 x 8 inch Kinnearpattern camera with brass rear standard and applied label 'Melhuish's patent. Patented November 10, 1859 and December 28 1859'.

Patent Field Camera by A J Melhuish of London

1860-1862
The Empress folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, reversible and swing back, rising front, tilting front and focusng by rack and pinion. Front standard hinged. Fitted with an Ensign Symmetrical lens F.8 9.5" f.1 lens screwed into an Ensign roller blind shutter. Back ground-glass is masked for plates and negatives. Supplementary lens reduces focal length. Of French mahogany with brass fittings.Houghton c.1900

Empress folding bellows field or stand camera

1895-1905