Busch Rollfilm Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

Busch rollfilm/plate camera. A folding camera for 118 rollfilm or plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Busch Omner anastigmat lens F:13cm f/6.8-22 and an Ibso shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. With a brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level. Screw rising front. Sliding cross front. Rack and pinion focusing. Scale adjustment for both the plates and film. Combination back and separate hooded focusing screen (glass missing). With Cable release. Busch AG Optische Industries. No.28931. Overall (deployed): 215 mm x 120 mm x 163 mm.

Goerz CDV Tenax Camera

Photographic Technology

Collapsing camera for 9 x 6.5 cm plates. Fitted with a Goerz anastigmat Dagor lens F: 90mm f/6.8-32 No.334377. 3 blade compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T. Folding optical frame finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Wheel focusing on body No. 67409. Covered in bottle green leather with matching filmpack adaptor. C.P. Goerz sold by the London Stereoscopic company limited.

Vest pocket tenax camera

Photographic Technology

1907-1917

Collapsing klapp camera for 4.5 x 6 cm plates. Fitted with a Goerx Dopp. Anastigmat celor lens 1B F: 75mm f/4.5-32 No.320035. £ blade shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T. Folding optical frame finder. Screw focusing working on back of erecting struts. Ground glass focusing hood. No.56554. C.P. Goerz.

Goerz folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1912

Goerz folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.120 3 1/4" x 3 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. Focusing 3ft-inf. Fitted with Symmetrical Doublet F.11 4" lens mounted in a Pronto everset type shutter, speeds 1/25 - 1/100sec B. & T. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder fitted to front standard. Metal construction with leather cover. Goerz c.1912

'The International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

1887

'The International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera. 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 Instantograph' folding bellows field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

1889

'The Instantograph' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 3 1/4 4 1/4". Has double extension, square leather bellows, double swing back, reversing back, rising front and rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Lancaster & Son 'Wide Angle Rectigraph' lens. Of mahogany with brass fittings. Lancaster, c.1889

No 0 Midg Camera

Photographic Technology

1900

W Butcher. Felling plate magazine box camera 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Primus RR lens f/11. Three magnifiers for 12,8,4 feet. Varriable shutter. No D20512.

Goerz Anschutz collapsible strut camera

Photographic Technology

c.1912

Goerz Anschutz collapsible strut camera for negatives 1/4 plate size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". With focal plane shutter. Fitted with a Goerz Dagor F.6.8 150mm lens. c.1912

Scovill Detective camera for 4x5 inch plates

Photographic Technology

Scovill Detective camera for 4x5 inch plates, fitted with R and J Beck rectilinear 7 inch lens Serial No 2448. With lens cap, set of Waterhouse stops and one double dark slide. Manufactured by Scovill Manufacturing Co., USA, 1887. Overall (closed): 245 mm x 152 mm x 277 mm.

Klein Tricolour camera

Photographic Technology

1936-1937

Klein Tricolour camera manufactured by Bellingham and Stanley Ltd., 1936-1937, with wooden box, plus cardboard glass plate box containing six separation negatives (two sets).

Folding hand plate camera

Photographic Technology

1902

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches plates. Fitted with an extra rapid aplanat lens f/8-44. Everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level. Rack and pinion focusing. Added folding optical frame finder.

Folding Quarter-Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1910

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Three interchangeable lens sets: Voigtlander Collinear III F:12c, f/6.8-32 No.82740. Fitted with a Busch Bis-Telar lens No.2 F:9 inches f/9-32 No.35242 with spacer and a wider angle lens F:7cm f/11-45 all in fitted case by Benetfink & Company with large flange key. Automat shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T, Iris calibrated for all three lenses. Screw and lever rising front, rack and pinion focusing. Sliding cross front. Focusing scales for wide-angle and standard lens, latter adjustable for plates or Houghtons envelope back fitted with integral screen and hood with a separate screen. No makers name but sold by Benetfink & Company. Comes with a plate holder.

magazine box plate camera

Photographic Technology

S L Thistle monogram magazine box plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Doublet lens f/12-48 rotating plate with lenses infinity 18/10/4/ T/I shutter, adjustable S-R. Two hooded reflecting finders lever operated rocking frame, falling plate mechanism, exposure counter to 12.

Box stereo plate camera

Photographic Technology

Box bellows camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plate. Takes two at a time. Fitted with two meniscus lenses, rotating plates with three apertures, T/I shutter of three speeds, unmarked. Rack and pinion focusing. Brilliant reflecting viewfinder. There are 13 metal sheaths in the back but no apparent provision for changing. Perhaps darkroom loaded. Made of black stained wood. Probably home made.

Phönix Hand Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1920-1929

Phonix hand plate camera. Folding camera for plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Gilt metal - Laack Doppel Anastigmat Dialytar lens F:135mm f/4.5-25 No 133446. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing; screw rising and cross front. Refelcting viewfinder missing (replaced by substitute August 1979).

Magazine box plate camera

Photographic Technology

Box magazine camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch plates. Single lens, rotating aperture plates f/8/11/16/32. Two close up lenses on rotating plate 4' and 8' T/I shutter. Two reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism, automatic counter to 24, sliding knob operated.

Quarter-Plate Hand Camera

Photographic Technology

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Originally fitted with an Amar anastigmat lens F:135mm, no.40653. Vario shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing (knob missing). Screw rising, sliding cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen with folding hood.

Quarter-plate camera

Photographic Technology

1920

Quarter-plate camera. Zeiss Tessar lens, 12cm, f6.3, No 351491. Kollos shutter (pneumatic delay). In case with 5 metal darkslides.

magazine box plate camera

Photographic Technology

Magazine box plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, rotating aperture plate, f/8/11/16/22. Adjustable shutter 25/50/90/T 3 screw on supplementary lenses, 9 feet, 6 feet and 3 feet in holders behind huge front panel with socket for ISO screen. Fall type plate holder knob operated with 6 metal plates and exposure counter. British.

Magazine plate camera

Photographic Technology

Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck symmetrical lens f/8-45. With a Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter /2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Lens carried on panel within camera. Shutter cocked by cord to outside. Rack and pinion focsing. Small bellows connecting lens panel to camera body interior. Front door with lens cover stamped Rd.389460. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism, plates arranged horizontally in 12 metal sheaths. Operated by sliding knob. Plate counter. Sheaths marked Rd.353727. Sold by John Pigott Limited. 118 Cheapside and Milk Street, London.

Dallmeyer speed camera

Photographic Technology

1925

Dallmeyer speed camera of British manufacture with British Patent 8721-2 and American Patent 1088492 Rg. No. 604414. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Dallmeyer Pentac lens F: 4 1/4 inches f/2.9-16 no. 107334. Focal plane shutter 8/16/32/64/125/250/500/1000/B/T. Lever focusing, sliding rising front. Wire frame finder No DS 183.

Stereoscopic Company rollfilm plate camera

Photographic Technology

Folding camera for 3 1/2 rollfilm camera or plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Extra rapid aplanat lens no.0 f/8-44. Two blade shutter (Unicum type) 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Sliding rising front. Sliding focusing with two scales for plates and films. Brilliant reflecting finder in base board. With ground glass screen in plate back. No 61466. London Stereoscopic Company.

Sinclair & Co Uno Cameo

Photographic Technology

1912

Sinclair & Co Uno Cameo with single bellows extension for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Pull down front with moving front standard. Focusing scale on right of the base. Fitted with a Zeiss Double Amatar F.6.8 15cm lens in a pneumatic compound shutter, speeds 1-1/250 B. & T. c.1912

Nydia camera

Photographic Technology

1900

Nydia camera. Collapsing camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Fitted with a Zeiss ProtarlEnse F:240mm f/6.3-45 No 47534. N & G 2 blade shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100/T. Lever focusing by scale. Combination of swing front and back gives rising front. Detachable reflecting finder can be fitted for horizontal or vertical pictures. Hinged spirit level on back. Bagtype plate changer for holding 12 sheaths. Lever device with automatic plate counter ejects plates into bag. 513. Spare body with torn bag. Manufactured by Newman & Guardia, London.

Watson 10 x 8 plate camera

Photographic Technology

Watson 10 x 8 inch camera. Folding stand camera for 10 x 8 inch plates. Fitted with a Watson rapid rectilinear lens f/8-64, Serial No 2580 in aluminum mount. Sliding rising front, swing front and back. Reversible back with ground glass focusing screen. Built in tripod turntable. No.7907. Manufactured by W Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London.

Newman and Guardia folding reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1921-1930

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Ross Xpres lens F:136mm f/4.5-32 No.115077. Helical focusing mount and bayonet fitting. Patent fabric focal plane shutter 10/15/20/30/50/100/200/400/800/B/T. Rising and falling front. Vertical swing front, screw adjusted. Ground glass reflex focusing screen, deep hood with twin lens magnifier. Rotating back with ground glass screen. No. FR 533. Newman and Guardia.

Cameo camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1910

Cameo camera. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" plates. Velos Anastigmat lens Series V, f/7.7-45, No 121369; Lukos II shutter, 25/50/100/T/B. Cable release. Brilliant refelcting rotating finder. Screw rising, sliding cross, front. Sliding focusing. With filmpack adaptor back.

Eclipse collapsible bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1908

Eclipse collapsible bellows camera Patent No. 4102. for single dry plates, negative size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Lens panel supported by two wooden braces. Fitted with a focusing COOKE Series III F.6.5 5.7" lens mounted in a pneumatic compound shutter, with speeds 1 1/100 sec B. & T. Fitted in a helical mount. J F Shew c.1908

Minimum cameo collapsible folding bellows hand or stand camera

Photographic Technology

c.1920

Minimum cameo collapsible folding bellows hand or stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Rack and pinion focusing which operates focusing and double extension. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder with spirit level. With back ground-glass screen. Lens panel has rising front and cross front movement. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear F.8 approx 7.5" f.1 mounted in a pneumatic shutter called automatic with speeds 1 -1/100sec B. & T. Made of wood and aluminium covered in black leather. Butcehr, c.1920.

Marion's metal miniature camera

Photographic Technology

1882-1892

Marion's metal miniature camera, c. 1887. Nickel plated brass camera for 2 x 2 inch plates. Fitted with a double rapid rectilinear type lens, fixed aperture, simple drop shutter. Sliding focusing. Ground glass screen, removable to take single metal slides.

Zodel Regular camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1930

Wallace Heaton, London. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" plates; Zodellar Anastigmatic lens F:105mm f/3.8; rimset Compur shutter 1-1/250 sec. delayed action; reflecting finder; wire frame finder missing; optical frame finder added; rack and pinion focusing; double extension; screw rising front; in leather case with 4 single metal darkslides.

Dallmeyer plate camera

Photographic Technology

1910

Dallmeyer plate camera. Box/bellows form camera for 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" plates. Dallmeyer Series 2 No. 2 stigmatic lens No. 64855 in Goerz diaphragm shutter opening f6-45. 2/3/5/10/75/100/150. Sliding rising and cross front. Focal plane shutter fitted; adjustable. Rack and pinion focussing working on rear. Fitted with Adams changing box for plates; with 24 metal cutfilm holders. Two reflecting brilliant finders; two spirit levels.

The Cameo camera

Photographic Technology

1908

The Cameo camera. Folding wooden plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates quarter plates. Single lens; F: 4 1/2, f8-44, TBI everset shutter, pneumatic valve. Sliding rising front. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder. Sliding focusing. (M 4508)

The Folding Klito camera

Photographic Technology

1912

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck Neostigmat lens Series IIIn N.3 f/7.7-32 No.152879. Everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T, Sliding rising front, sliding focusing. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Houghton's Limited.

Sanger Sheppard Type One-Exposure Tri-Colour Camera

Photographic Technology

1902

Sangar Sheppard type one-exposure tri-colour camera, 1902, with side panel and two dark slide sheaths.

Pecto No 2 Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1895-1905

Pecto No 2 folding plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/8, aperture scale missing. Rauber and Wollensak Optical Company shutter t/b//i. Sliding focusing. Sliding, rising front. Reflecting rotating finder on baseboard. Ground glass focusing screen in sprung back. Colombia Optical Co, London.

KLITO folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1900

KLITO folding bellows camera for negative size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out standard with rising front movement. Fitted with a Meniscus lens and rotating diaphragm with 4 apertures, 12, 17, 24,34 in a 2 -position shutter, inst. and T. operated by a lever in front of lens. Ground-glass screen. All wood construction covered in black leather. Houghton's, c.1900

Adams Vesta Camera

Photographic Technology

1893-1899

Folding plate camera, 1/4 plate. Ross Xpres lens 6" f4.5, No 102694. Compound type shutter. No 822. 1 double darkslide.

The Adams VESTA camera

Photographic Technology

c.1924

The Adams VESTA camera, a folding plate camera for negatives 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted wutg a Zeiss Tessar F.4.5 4.5" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic pre-set shutter, speeds 1 sec to 1/100sec and time and bulb. Focusing by geared lever mounted in lens mount. With metal trellis. Adams & Co c.1924

salex focal plane plate camera

Photographic Technology

1907

Salex focal plane plate camera. A collapsing strut-form camera for 3 1/4 inch by 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Salex Anastigmat B lens, F: 13.5cm, f/4.5-36 in helical focusing mount. Focal plane shutter 15/25/50/100/150/250/500/1000/. Set by pulling put cocking knob and winding blind edge to marks in focal plane frame. With simple flap shutter attachment to lens for time exposure. Optical frame finder. Made in Italy for the City Sale and Exchange, London. 'Salex' is derived from an abbreviated form of the retailer's name - the City Sale and Exchange. This company never actually made cameras but sold other makers' products under their own name. this camera was probably imported from Italy or Germany.

No 5 series D Eastman plate camera

Photographic Technology

1896-1906

Folding camera for 7 x 5 inch plates, no lens or shutter, rack and pinion focusing with double extension, sliding rising and cross front, brilliant rotating reflecting finder on base board, vertical and horizontal swing back and reversible back. Eastman Kodak, c.1901.

Premoette Junior No 1A camera

Photographic Technology

1912-1916

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch film packs. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris diaphragm numbers 1-4, ball bearing shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, focusing by two slot location of lens panel. No 1319. Eastman Kodak.

premoette junior camera

Photographic Technology

1911

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 inch film pack. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris diaphragm numbers 1-4. Ball bearing shutter 25/50/B/T. Focusing by two locating lots for front panel. Collapsing optical frame finder. No 9724. Eastman Kodak.

No 3 Folding Kodet Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1894-1897

Box folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures, US 8/16/32. Built in Kodet shutter, T/I slow-fast adjustment, rotating reflecting finder, sliding focusing, storage compartment behind screen for three plate holders, or roll holders. Back panel is missing. Eastman Kodak. 1894-1897.

Ray No 3 Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1895

Ray No. 3 plate camera, made by Mutschler, Robertson and Co.. Folding plate camera for 5 x 4 " plates. Baush and Lomb RR lens. US 4-64 in Kodak ball bearing shutter, 25/50/100/B/T NOT ORIGINAL. Sliding rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing to 18". Rotating reflecting finder on baseboard. Vertical and horizontal swing back.

Pony Premo C camera

Photographic Technology

1902

Pony Premo C camera, made by the Rochester Optical and Camera Co. NY. Wooden folding plate camera for 5 x 7 plates. Bausch and Lomb Rapid Rectilinear lens f8-358; ROCCo shutter - 2 blade 1/2/5/25/100/B/T. 2 cylinder pneumatic shutter. Sliding rising front, sliding focussing. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder. No. 171101. (M4680)

The Pocket Ray camera

Photographic Technology

1904

The Pocket Ray camera. Wooden folding plate camera for 4 1/3 x 4 1/4 plates. Rochester Optical Camera Co. Gem lens RR F:5" cf * Stops number 8-128, T/B/I shutter; pneumatic release valve. Sliding focussing. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder on baseboard. (M 2648). Comes with three plates, each marked '1', '4', '6'.