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Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

Quarter-plate `Cameo' camera used to take 'second phase' of Cottingley Fairies photographs, 1918-1920

1915-1920
Ensign folding bellows camera

Ensign folding bellows camera

1915-1925
Ross Ensign Selfix Snapper Folding Camera, c 1955

Ross Ensign Selfix Snapper Folding Camera, c 1955

1954-1964
Voigtlander Bergheil Folding Camera

Voigtlander Bergheil Folding Camera

1922-1932
Ensign Cameo folding camera, c 1930

Ensign Cameo folding camera, c 1930

1925-1935
Beck Field camera

Beck Field camera

circa 1889
Ensign No. 6 Carbine Folding Rollfilm Camera, c 1932

Ensign No. 6 Carbine Folding Rollfilm Camera, c 1932

1927-1937
Voigtlander Bessa camera, c 1930

Voigtlander Bessa camera, c 1930

1925-1935
Kodak No 2 Folding Autographic Brownie Camera

Kodak No 2 Folding Autographic Brownie Camera

1916
Ensign Auto Speed Camera, c 1929

Ensign Auto Speed Camera, c 1929

1924-1934
Ensign folding bellows camera, c 1910

Ensign folding bellows camera, c 1910

1904-1915
Ensign Carbine folding bellows camera, c 1924

Ensign Carbine folding bellows camera, c 1924

1919-1929
Vest Pocket Kodak Autographic

Vest Pocket Kodak Autographic

1917-1926
Voigtlander "Avus" Folding Plate Camera

Voigtlander "Avus" Folding Plate Camera

1920
Folding Bellows Plate Camera

Folding Bellows Plate Camera

1910
Voigtlander VITO as 35mm self erecting folding bellows camera for 35mm film

Voigtlander VITO as 35mm self erecting folding bellows camera for 35mm film

1943-1953
"Six-20" Folding Brownie Camera "Dakon" Shutter

"Six-20" Folding Brownie Camera "Dakon" Shutter

1950
Ensign 'Midget' Model 55 Camera

Ensign 'Midget' Model 55 Camera

1931-1941
Sanderson folding bellows camera

Sanderson folding bellows camera

1904-1914
No. 2 Folding Cartridge "Hawk Eye" Camera

No. 2 Folding Cartridge "Hawk Eye" Camera

1930
Folding bellows plate camera

Folding bellows plate camera

1915
Folding Bellows "Six-20" Kodak Camera

Folding Bellows "Six-20" Kodak Camera

1935
Ensign Selfix Twenty, 1929

Ensign Selfix Twenty, 1929

1929
No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Camera

No. 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Camera

1910
Xit, Folding Bellows Camera

Xit, Folding Bellows Camera

Kodak "No. 2C Folding Autographic Brownie" Camera

Kodak "No. 2C Folding Autographic Brownie" Camera

1920
Ensign Folding Bellows Camera Model No.340, c 1922

Ensign Folding Bellows Camera Model No.340, c 1922

1917-1927
Speed Graphic with Compur-Rapid Shutter and f3.5 Tessar Lens

Speed Graphic with Compur-Rapid Shutter and f3.5 Tessar Lens

1920-1930
Ensign Rollfilm/Plate camera

Ensign Rollfilm/Plate camera

circa 1920
Ensign Flush Back Folding Bellows Rollfilm Camera No.116 and Case, c 1922

Ensign Flush Back Folding Bellows Rollfilm Camera No.116 and Case, c 1922

1917-1927
Orix 308 folding bellows camera made by ICA, Dresden. Folding camera for 6 x 4" plates. No. 381683. Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar F:16.5cm; f.4.5-32; compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/150/B/T. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Double extension bellows. Folding brilliant reflex finder, rotating with spirit level. Rack and pinion focussing ground glass screen with folding hood. With 12 metal darkslide and filmpack adaptor.

Orix 308 folding bellows camera made by ICA

1928-1934
Kodak Vigilant Six-16 camera, 1939-1947, manufactured by EKCo. No. 66804. Self erecting folding camera for 616 film. In ever-ready case. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 130 mm x 162 mm.

Kodak Vigilant Six-16 camera

1939-1947
Voigtlander "Bessa 66 De Luxe" folding camera for 3 1/4 x 2 1/4" roll film (1939 model: sold new in England in 1941), Heliar lens f3.5 in Compur-rapid shutter with case - original box.

Voigtlander 'Bessa 66 De Luxe' camera, 1939

1939
No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak camera, model C2. For 118 rollfilm 3 1/5 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures, rotary built in shutter, T/I, separate releases, rotating brilliant reflecting finder, with hood, sliding focus, - 6. No 72142, 1900-1903. Bone plaque reads: 'Myn Guy De Copal & Co, Amsterdam and Arnheim'. Overall (deployed): 205 mm x 115 mm x 152 mm.

No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak camera, Model C2

1900-1903
Premo No. 8 camera, made by Eastman Kodak. Folding bellows camera for 3 1/4 x 5 1/2" plates. Bausch and Lomb planatograph EF 6 3/4" f/8 Iris calibrated US 4 -128 Kodak shutter 25/50/100/B/D with cable release socket and release. Sliding rising and cross front. Sliding focussing 6-100 ft. Rotating reflecting and brilliant finder, ground glass screen in case with two wooden Premo double darkslides and premo film pack adaptor.

Premo No. 8 camera

1908-1918
No 2C Kodak camera, Series III, 1924-1925, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 130 rollfilm. Kodak anastigmat lens F:125, f/7.7-45. Exposure calculator on aperture scale. No. 11659. Diomatic No. 1 shutter 10/25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Screw rising front. lever focusing. In leather case. Overall (deployed): 230 mm x 105 mm x 188 mm.

No 2C Kodak Series 3 folding camera

1925
Eastman Kodak Company of New Jersey. No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model G. Eastman Kodak. Folding bellows camera for 118 film 3 1/ 4x4 1/4. Rack and pinion rising front, sliding cross front. Pre-set focussing stops. Bausch and Lomb RR lens US 4 Kodak ballbearing shutter 25,50,100 B.T. Exposure counter on shutter. With leather case

No 3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model G

1909-1914
No. 1 Folding Pocket Kodak Model E camera, 1907-1915. Folding camera for 105 rollfilm, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Achromatic lens, 4 apertures, settings of iris 1-4. Pocket automatic shutter T/P/I. Self erecting; shutter on three point bayonet fitting. No. 166442 or 677991. Overall (deployed): 172 mm x 90 mm x 130 mm.

No 1 Folding Pocket Kodak Model E Autographic camera

1907-1915
Kodak Retina II camera, type 011, 1946-1949. Self-errecting folding camera for 35mm film, 24 x 36mm. Kodak Ektar lens, coated, F:47mm f/2.05-16 No E08736. Compur Rapid shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/500B. Direct vision optical finder combined with coincidence type renagefinder coupled to helical lens focusing. Body release. Rotary exposure counter. Accessory shoe. No 108106. Overall (deployed): 85 mm x 124 mm x 88 mm.

Kodak Retina II camera, Type 011, c 1947

1946-1949
No 3 Flush Back Kodak Model A. Folding camera for 118 rollfilm. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-64; 3 FBK automatic shutter T/B/I. Screw rising, sliding cross front. Sliding focusing with preset stop. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with level and hood. RE moveable panel on back for plateholder/focusing screen. Manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 120 mm x 150 mm. Essentially, this camera is a No FPK camera fitted with a special recessed combination plate back taking a single metal plate holder. This recessed back made the camera the same thickness as the normal model - hence the name. It was supplied only for the European market.

No 3 Flush Back Kodak Model A Camera

1909-1912
Self-erecting folding camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:5cm, f/6.3, front cell focusing. Gauthier shutter 25/50/100/B; body release (incomplete). Direct vision optical finder. Rotary exposure counter. No 30095K. Overall (deployed): 86 mm x 132 mm x 90 mm.

Kodak Retinette camera, Type 147, 1939

1939
No 3A Kodak Series II camera, 1936-1941. For 122 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch Kodak Anastigmat lens, F:170mm f/6.3 - 45. Diodak No 2a shutter 10/25/50/100/T/B. Lever focusing - 6ft. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder fitted. No 6020.

No 3A Kodak Series II camera

1936-1941
Self errecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 6x9cm. Kodak Triskop lens f/11-22; Kodak Special shutter b/I. Brilliant refelcting rotating finder. No 258853A. In leather case.

Kodak Junior O camera

1939
No. 4A Folding Kodak Model C camera, by Eastman Kodak. Folding rollfilm camera 126 film. Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar Nr. 150274. F:21cm, f.6.3-45. In compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/T/B. Screw rising front sliding cross front. Sliding rack focussing. Brill

No. 4A Folding Kodak Model C camera

1909-1912
Voigtlander 'Vag' folding bellows camera for plates and cutfilm negative size 9 x 12cm. Drop-front pull-out camera. Single extension bellows. Fitted with a Voigtlander Voigtar F.6.3. 135mm lens mounted in an ever set Ibsor shutter, speeds 1-1/125sec B.&T. Viewing by ground glass back. With brilliant waist level viewfinder. Aluminium alloy body with black leather covering. c.1924

Voigtlander 'Vag' Folding Bellows Camera, Case and Filmpack Cassette.

1925
No. 1A Pocket Kodak Junior camera, 1929-1931. N. 5299. self erecting folding camera for 116 rollfilm. Achromatic lens, rotating plate with four apertures 1-4. Kodak No 1 shutter T/I. Brilliant reflecting finder, black body and bellows. Overall (deployed): 206 mm x 95 mm x 160 mm.

No 1A pocket Kodak Junior camera

1929-1931
Ensign 'Selfix' 320 folding camera for 120 roll-film, Serial number J40329. Manufactured by Ensign Ltd. London, 1938. In original packaging with instruction booklet, guarantee and ' Two-on' film mask.

Ensign 'Selfix' 320 folding camera , 1938

1938
Plaubel Makina I folding bellows camera for negatives 2 1/4 x 3 1/2", and a roll film adaptor. Lazy tong design. Fitted with a Plaubel Aticor f/2.9 100 mm focal lenght lens. With direct vision optical viewfinder and wire frame finder attached to the lens panel. In pneumatic dial Compur type shutter. Cocking lever below lens. Manufactured by Plaubel in1925.

Plaubel Makina I Folding Bellows Camera

1925
Morley wet-plate folding camera. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates. Manufactured by W Morley, 70 Upper Street, Islington, London N. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Petzval type lens; waterhouse stops. Top loading; removable focusing screen; plate holder, largely not original. Rising front; square bellows; side wing strut. Bone inlay reads: 'W. Morley, London'. Overall (deployed approx.): 300 mm x 290 mm x 540 mm.

Morley wet-plate folding stand camera

1865
Ebner rollfilm camera made by Ebner Stuttgart-Vaihingen a/F. Moulded bakelite self erecting bellows camera for 120 film, 8 on. Rodenstock Trinar anastigmat lens F:10.5 cm, f.613-36. Gautier Pronto shutter 25/50/100/B/T everset, cable release socket. Frontcell focusing inf. - 1.5m. Reflecting brilliant finder and wire frame direct finder, collapsing into body. With German instructions for Compur shutter model. In original carton, with box for cable release and tripod adaptor.

Ebner Rollfilm Camera

1934