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Empire Model 0 35mm Film Projector

1920-1930

Butcher's Empire Cinematograph Model A. Projector mechanism for 35mm film

Cameo Camera

circa 1910

Carbine No 3 Camera

1906

Butcher Carbine Developing Tank

Popular Press Single Lens Reflex Camera and Accessories

circa 1920

Butcher's Carbine Enlarger

Butchers cinematograph camera

Butcher's "Dandycam" Camera for Ferrotype Plates

1912

W Butcher magic lantern in metal case

1900

'Boys Own' magic lantern

No. 00 Butchers Empire Cinematograph

circa 1910

Cameo Model II double extension. W. Butcher and Sons Camera, Case and two Spare Plates.

1913

Butcher No. 6 watch pocket carbine camera for rollfilm No

circa 1921

Primus Spot Binding Strips for Lantern Slides

Carbine Roll-Film Developing Tank

Midg Box 4 Magazine Plate Camera

1909

W. Butcher Carbon Arc Lamp

Butcher's Carbine Developing Tank

No 1A Midge Magazine Plate Camera

1906

Butcher's 2 7/8 carbine roll film camera

1914

Primus Patent "Solito" Camera

1898

Butcher's "Little Nipper" Plate Camera

1902

Butcher Carbine Daylight Developing Tank, 1925

1925

Butcher's 'Midg' Magazine Hand Camera

1912

Tri-unial magic lantern

1880

Butcher's 35mm Empire Home Cinematograph

circa 1910

'Midg' Camera Used to Make the First Two `Cottingley fairies' Photographs in 1917

1902-1917

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

1915-1920

"National" Field Camera

1900-1905

Box form magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/11-44. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/10/20/50/75/100/T. With three magnifiers on rotating plate for 4,8 and 12 feet. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism, released by sliding knob on camera top. With exposure counter. With 12 metal plate holders with perforated rebates for identifying exposures. No. 189551.

Midg No 0 Magazine Plate Camera

circa 1910

Wood hand stand camera for plates. Front and back focusing wit rotating base tripod attachment. Butcher and Sons, c 1900. With one dark slide.

Wood hand stand camera for plates. Front and back focusing wit rotating base tripod attachment

circa 1900

Butcher No.0 portable hand operated projector mechanism c. 1912.

Butcher No.0 portable hand operated projector mechanism

1912

Butcher's Reflex Carbine camera. Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Aldis Uno Anastigmat lens F:4.25, f7.7-32. Single speed shutter. No. B 45386. (M2772)

Butcher's Reflex Carbine camera. Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4"

1926

Butcher horizontal enlarger: The Coronet. Horizontal enlarger for whole plates. No lens. Sliding extending baseboard with locking screw. Lens standard moved for focusing by chain and sprocket. 8 inch diameter double plano convex condenser. ES electric lamp fitting. Iron lamp house position adjusted by lever. Black cloth hood and fociusing frame seperate. Negative carrier with adaptors for 1/2 plate and 9 x 12cm vertical adjustment by rack and pinion. W Butcher. Overall (approx): 540 mm x 330 mm x 630 mm.

Butcher Horizontal Enlarger 'The Coronet'

Box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. 15 simple lenses in 3 vertical rows of 5. Slide shutter exposes all lenses simultaneously. Lenses set for copying. Ground glass screen. W. Butcher.

Royal Mail Camera

Stereolette stereo plate camera. Folding for 45 x 107mm plates. Fitted with two Aldis uni anastigmat lenses f/7.7-32. Double compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing, rack and pinion rising front. Spirit level. Folding optical frame finder (not original). Ground glass focusing screen. No. B 17315. Reflecting finder missing. W. Butcher.

Stereolette Stereo Plate Camera with Six Dark Slides and Case

Primus tinters for a lantern. Magenta, yellow, red, purple and green gelatine in card holders. In original box. Cost, 1/- a box.

Primus tinters for lantern

Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/3 inches. Fitted with a Zeiss Triotar lens F:12cm f/6.3-32 No.260316 and a Lukos UU shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Screw rising front and lever focusing on the baseboard. With a brilliant reflecting rotating finder. No. 61178. Butchers.

Watch Pocket Carbine camera

1920

Popular Press single lens reflex camera for plates or cutfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Wood and metal construction with black leather covering. With reversing back and rising front lens panel movement. Focal plane shutter is not capped. With speeds 1/15-1/1000sec and T. Mirror can be locked up so not used as a reflex. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke Butcher Anastigmat F.4.5 5 3/4" f.1 lens. Butcher c.1920

Popular Press Single Lens Reflex Camera and Accessories

circa 1920

The Abbeydale horizontal enlarger for 5 x 5 inch negatives. Objective lens missing 5 1/2 inch diameter, double plano-convex condenser lens, on removable panel 'rising front'. Rack and pinion focusing. Metal lamphouse with safelight window. ES lamp fitting (ceramic). By William Butcher and Sons, London. Overall (approx): 385 mm x 290 mm x 575 mm.

The Abbeydale horizontal enlarger for 5 x 5 inch negatives

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Lens missing. With fabric focal shutter (broken) 3/15/25/30/60/100/150/350/1000/T. Reflex focusing screen with deep collapsing hood. Ground glass direct focusing screen. Reversible back. Rack and pinion focusing. W. Butcher & Son.

Popular Pressman reflex camera

1913-1926

Folding camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with an R. & J. Beck Isostigmar lens F:7.2 inches, f/5.8-32 No 117242. Fitted with an automat shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T with pneumatic release valves. Lever rising front, geared cross front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension bellows, brilliant reflecting finder with hood and spirit level, hooded ground glass focusing screen in routable back. Butcher and Sons.

Excelsior Plate Camera

Cine camera for 35mm film in 150 wooden magazines. Lens missing. Hand turned. Claw and two sprocket drive. Focusing through film from camera rear. Internal wooden magazines. Folding optical frame finder. Instructions on inside of case. Film punch. W. Butcher and sons.

Empire Cinematograph No.2

Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 plates. Aldis Uno Anastigmat lens F:4.75 inch, f/7.7-45. Lukos II shutter, 25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with circular level. Sliding rising and cross front. Sliding focusing with infinity stop. Ground glass focusing screen. W H Butcher & Son.

Cameo camera

1927

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.

Minimum Cameo Collapsible Folding Bellows Hand or Stand Camera

circa 1920

Box magazine camera for 4 1/2 x 6 cm plates. Single lens, fixed aperture and focus. Simple rotary shutter T/I. Metal lens cap, clip on reflecting viewfinder. Sliding knob plate changing mechanism. W. Butcher and Sons. 1901

The Little Nipper Camera

1901

Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck Symmetrical lens f/8-45. Automat shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Sliding rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension, focusing scales calibrated for plates and films, with separate scale for rear lens elements only. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder. Ground glass focusing screen, reversible for plates and films. Lens and shutter removable with locking catch. W. Butcher and Sons. c.1905

Butchers cameo plate camera No.4

1900-1910

Silver step wedge in metal frame/ Steps numbered 1-12. Regd No.443714. For attachment to printing frame.

Primus printing gauge

Cameo plate camera. Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" plates. Aldis Uno Anastigmat lens F:5.5" f/7.7. Lukos III shutter. No 6648. With wallet with six single metal darkslides.

Cameo Plate Camera