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Adams Magazine Plate Camera

1896

Yale Camera Shutter

1895-1905

Adams Deluxe Camera

1901

The Challenge Rapid Rectilinear lens

1880

The Adams VESTA camera

circa 1924

Rapid Rectilinear Lens.

circa 1880

Minex Tropical Model Camera, Case and One Darkslide.

1920

No 5 Yale Stereoscopic Pattern Camera

circa 1900

Guillotine shutter operated by rotating pneumatic mechanism. 1/2/4/8/16/32/64/100. Cocked by turning knob which tensions coil spring. Exposure time determined by stroke of rotating pneumatic valve. Release by rubber bulb mechanism. Fixed by double screw clamps. 32-50mm lens mount. Adams And Co.

Adams adjustable shutter

The Club rapid rectilinear lens F:9 inches, f/8-64 for 7 x 5 inch plates. Adams and Co.

The Club Rapid Rectilinear Lens

Telescope-type distance meter; double draw tube.

Adams Telemeter, No 1 pattern

Adams stop-watch exposure meter. Manufactured by Adams and Co., 24 Charing Cross Road, London, WC. Actinometer, very similar to Wynne's Infallible. On the back of the stopwatch calibrated 0-60 secs in 1/5ths. Small minute hand (broken) with seperate dial 0-30mins. Single winding knob for start, stop and return.

Adams stop-watch exposure meter

1907-1917

Adams' Minex Reflex camera, de Luxe model (Tropical), c.1911. Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F: 15cm f/4.5-32, No.118165 in swing mount, screw adjusted. Focal plane shutter, adjustable slit and tension 8/16/32/64/100/150/250/350/500/1000/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension, ground glass reflex focusing screen, folding hood. Circular spirit level. Rack and pinion rising front. Rotating back, automatically changing focus screen masking horizontal to vertical. Mirror returned by shutter tensioning knob. Compartment with two blockform wooden double darkslides. Brass brown teak construction. Russian leather cover. Adams and Co. Overall (deployed): 355 mm x 170 mm x 210 mm.

Adams minex reflex camera, de luxe model

1906-1916

Adams, Minex De Luxe single lens reflex camera, for 5x4" plates. Tessar lens F.180mm; f.4.5-32. Focal plane shutter 8/16/32/64/100/150/250/350/500/1000/B/T. Double extension bellows, rack focussing; rack rising front. 2 pairs flash contact sockets. With three wood and metal double darkslides. In damaged leather case. Built-in spirit level.

Adam's Minex De Luxe camera

1909

Videx Reflex Plate camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates. Fitted with a C.P. Goerz anastigmat type B series IC NO.3 lens F.210mm f/6.3 - 62, rack and pinion rising front and rack and pinion focusing double extension. With built in tray for filters and lenses. Focal plane shutter with 8/16/32/50/100/250/500/1000/T. With ground glass, ruled focusing screen with collapsing hood and spirit level. No darkslides. Adams & Co. Overall (deployed): 420 mm x 210 mm x 380 mm.

Videx Reflex Plate camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates

Folding camera for plates 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Fitted with two Zeiss Tessar lenses F: 12cm f/6.3-45 Nos 169222, 169223. Double compound shutter, 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Screw focusing. Sliding rising front, movement coupled to front lens of brillaint reflecting finder. Double spirit level on baseboard. No. 940. Ground glass screen with hood. Adams and Co c.1911.

Adams Stereo Vesta Camera

1906-1916

Adam's Minex de Luxe tropical reflex camera for negatives 5 x 4". Polished teak with brass fittings. With triple extension, 14". Rack and pinion focusing. With spring loaded plate. Fitted with a self capping focal plane shutter with speeds 1/8sec 1/1000 sec B. & T. Camera rising front and reversing back. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke Aviar f.4.5 8.25" Series 11. With 2 double dark slides and case. c.1920

Adam's Minex de Luxe tropical reflex camera for negatives 5 x 4"

1920

Revolving vice to facilitate binding of lantern slides by Adams & Co., 26 Charing Cross Road, 81 Aldersgate Street, London, c. 1895 (see note).

Revolving vice to facilitate lantern slide binding

1891-1900

Twin lens viewer for lantern slides, reputedly designed by Birt Acres. Regd No. 188884. With two prismatic lenses and a two position slide carried ( ? Later ? Tufnol). With a ground glass screen. Adams and Co. 81 Aldersgate St, EC and 26 Charing Cross Rd, London. Overall: 242 mm x 150 mm x 178 mm.

Adams lantern slide viewer

Adams Studio Minex camera, 1937. For 1/1 plates; Goerz Dogmar lens F:300 f/5.5 No 389706. Side reflex focusing via internal mirror; cloth hood missing. Focal plane shutter; rack focusing and vertical swing on front; rising front Kodak type sprung reversible back. Bought for £85 in 1937 by Lord Brabazon of Tara, Kodak Director (died 1964). Overall: 524 mm x 380 mm x 490 mm.

Adams Studio Minex camera

1937

Single lens reflex camera for 4 x 5 inch plates. No lens. Focal plane shutter 8/16/32/50/100/150/250/500/1000. Rack and pinion focusing, calibrated F22/24/26/28/30/32. Rack and pinion rising front, draw for filters etc. Hooded ground glass focusing screen and spirit level. With one double dark slide with rotating back. No 419.

Adams' Videx camera

1903-1910

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

Adams Vesta Camera

1893-1899

C-clamp mounted vertically on round wooden base.

Adam's Lantern Slide Binding Jig

Bag type changing box for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch plates with ten metal plate holders and automatic exposure counter.

Adams Changing box

hand camera with case, 1892, made by Adams & Co., London [Aldersgate Street; Charing Cross]

hand camera with case

1892

Admas and Co, 24 Charing Cross Road, London, WC. For 1/4 plate filmpacks.

Adams filmpack adaptor

Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Fitted with an Anastigmat lens f/6.5-32 No 6491. Adams shutter 2/4/8/16/32/50/100. Sliding, rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing with two reflecting brilliant finders. With bag type plate changer. Lens is a F:5.2 inch Cooke Series III. Camera No 2151. Adams & Co

Number two Yale magazine plate camera

Adams table viewer for prints and transparencies. A two lens viewer for single prints or lantern slide transparencies. Fitted with prismatic lenses in a sliding focusing box. With hind with mirror for prints, a ground glass screen 8 x 8 cm for transparencies. With attached wooden box with ground glass screens containing coloured glass cylinder (broken) for colour effects on transparencies. Viewer on pivoted stand has been repaired. Adams and Co.

Adams table viewer for prints and transparencies

Natti plate camera. Collapsing form opening to triangular shape for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates. Bag form plate changing magazine with 8 aluminium plate holders. Shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100. Lens missing. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder. Rack and pinion focusing inf. -2 yds. Cross front. Manufactured by Adams & Co, 26 Charing Cross Road, London WC. Overall (deployed): 340 mm x 110 mm x 200 mm.

Natti plate camera

1899