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Magazine Box Plate camera with plate holders

Magazine Box Plate camera with plate holders

Houghton's Klito No 3A Camera

Houghton's Klito No 3A Camera

1905-18
Klito No 1 Magazine Box Camera

Klito No 1 Magazine Box Camera

1902-1912
Victoria Magazine Plate Camera

Victoria Magazine Plate Camera

Klito No 2 Magazine Plate Camera

Klito No 2 Magazine Plate Camera

1908-1918
'Klito' No. 6 magazine camera made by Houghtons Ltd

'Klito' No. 6 magazine camera made by Houghtons Ltd

circa 1910
Klito Falling Plate Magazine Camera

Klito Falling Plate Magazine Camera

1905
Midg Box 4 Magazine Plate Camera

Midg Box 4 Magazine Plate Camera

1909
The Excelsior Magazine Plate Camera

The Excelsior Magazine Plate Camera

Midg Magazine Plate Camera

Midg Magazine Plate Camera

circa 1902-1920
Box magazine camera

Box magazine camera

circa 1900
Tylar Magazine Plate Camera

Tylar Magazine Plate Camera

Magazine Box Camera

Magazine Box Camera

Magazine camera with plate holders, c.1900

Magazine camera with plate holders, c.1900

Magazine plate camera in form of book, for 38 x 38mm plates. Lens missing, guillotine shutter with tension adjusting knob, plate carried in metal holder then pushed from upper compartment into focal plane and then into the lower compartment by sliding rod. Number on plate holder back visible through red window. No 1742. Marion & Co, 1934. Invented by Dr Rudolf Krugener.

Kruegener's Patent Book Camera No 1510

1884-1894
Magazine box camera for notched cut films 2 1/2 x 3 /12 inches. Fitted with a beck Steinheil Orthostigmat lens No. 10395 US 8-255, four apertures in rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/ aperture and shutter setting visible through lens. Shutter set through panel in base. With two reflecting finders, spirit level in film change handle with two Taylor Taylor Hobson double levels added. Covered in stitched calf leather with gilt fittings. R & J Beck.

De Luxe Frena camera

circa 1892
Made by Lionel; Linex Corporation New York. Subminiature stereo camera using special 16mm film in magazine, film moved by pulling film tab. With instructions and specimen strip. Serial No 110409.

Linex Stereo Camera

1954
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
Magazine box camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch notched cut films. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with four apertures US 8, 16, 32, 256 rotary shutter, 5/10/20/40/80. Two reflecting finders and a ball bearing spirit level. With twenty cut films held in spring loaded compartment. When rotated the exposed film is released by a sliding mechanism and passed to the rear of the camera. Camera has a black leatherette covering. R. & J. Beck Limited.

Frena 00 camera

Magazine box camera for 2 x 2 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed focus and aperture, viewfinder lens focusing on ground glass at rear of camera, both lenses on a common panel, slid by rod and knob at rear. Rotary shutter 12 plates carried in sliding magazine below camera body. Rack and pinion drive brings each plate in turn under slot below focal plane. Spring loaded slide allows plate to fall into magazine. Marion and Co.

The Academy Camera No 2

1886
Magazine box camera for notched cut films 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Fitted with an achromat lens US8, 16, 32, 256, rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/80. Two reflecting finders. Rotable magazine for 20 nothced cut films, transferred from focal plane to camera bottom by turning a handle on the side. Incorporated spirit level. No 29087. R. & J. Beck.

Frena camera

Magazine plate box camera with single lens, rotating plate with four apertures F/8/11/16/22. Adjustable shutter 4/25/50/90/T. With three supplementary lenses in rotating mount, 3, 5, and 9 feet. Yellow filter on swinging arm. With two reflecting brilliant finders. Falling plate mechanism. Automatic exposure counter. Patent Numbers 269791, 42344. 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. British made.

Box Magazine Plate Camera

Klito box magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Simple lens fitted f:11-32. With two supplementary lenses 3' and 6 ' on a rotating mount. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/20/50/100B. With two brilliant reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism and knob operated exposure counter. Camera no 2552

Kilto Magazine Box Plate Camera

1900-1909
Box camera for factory loaded film 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb universal lens, rotating plate with three apertures, sector type shutter, cocked by string, rack and pinion focusing, detachable film magazine with exposure counter - 50. No 7425. Eastman Kodak, 1890-1897.

No 3 Kodak Junior Camera

1890-1897
Box-type magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Aldis Anastigmat lens No. 2 f/6-64. Bausch and Lomb Automat shutter 1/2/5/25/50 focusing. 2 brilliant reflecting finders, 2 spirit levels. Falling plate mechanism plates horizontal. Exposed plates removed trhough trapdoor in base. Relesaed by slide; exposure counter. With 11 metal plateholders. Yellow filter in screw mount. Lens no. 8767, camera no. 24129.

No 5A Holborn-Ilex camera

1900-1920
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
Aptus, box type magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis anastigmat lens No.2 f/6-64 No.3810. A Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T cocked and released by cords through camera side. Lens and shutter are fitted on a detachable panel. Rack and pinion focusing. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism relapsed by slide. Exposure counter. With 12 metal plate holders. Sharp and Hitchmough.

Aptus magazine plate camera

1900
Magazine box plate camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. R.R lens f/8-44. With helical screw focusing to 2 foot. Adjustable shutter No 1-7 and T. Two brilliant reflecting finders, key operated frame, works falling plate mechanism for twelve quarter plates. Exposure counter to 12. AJP France.

Pipon Magazine Box Plate Camera

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.

No 0 Midg Camera

1900
Box type magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. With simple lens, rotating plate with three apertures f/11/22/44. Adjustable shutter S-F No 2 - 5 T/I. With two brilliant reflecting finders, falling plate type changer with automatic counter number to 24.

Magazine Box camera

British made box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens f:22, Time and Instantaneous shutter. Two reflecting finders. Falling plate changing mechanism, released by sliding knob. Exposure counter to 12. Test No 15097.

magazine box plate camera

Box form magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Ross No 6 Symmetrical lens, 32665 F:8 inch, rotating plate with five apertures. Kershaw roller blind shutter. Before the lens. Sliding, rising front, rack and pinion focusing. Falling plate changing mechanism, plate counting device using lever measuring thickness of plate remaining. With five plate holders. Flap shutter behind lens with reflecting finder No 1514. c.1900.

Swinden and Earp's Patent Magazine camera

1887-1900
Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.

Rover Detective camera

1893
E V Swinden; Monarch box type magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plate. The lens is missing. With a Kershaw instantaneous shutter, roller blind type, cox and operated by springs through front panel, rising and cross front movement by sliding lens plate. With single reflecting viewfinder removable for horizontal or vertical use, rack and pinion focusing to 6'. With eight metal plate holders, in special book form, hinged plated cover on each slide pulled down by external lever. Brought from Wratten and Wainwright in 1913.

Monarch Magazine Plate camera

1895
Magazine falling-plate box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a meniscus lens f/9-22, adjustable shutter 25/50/90/B. Lever operated focusing. Fitted with two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate changing mechanism. 12 metal sheaths fitted for plates. With an automatic exposure counter. With the label from the original carton. George Houghton and Sons.

The Holborn Magazine Plate Camera

1897
French magazine plate camera, with no makers name. Box-form plate camera, carrying 12 plate holders, each dropped to the bottom of camera by turning key on the side of the camera. Automatic counter, bearing on back of the last plateholder. Sliding lens, f.16-45; T/I shutter, calibrated 1-6. Two brilliant reflecting finders; built in circular spirit levels.

Magazine plate camera

Box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/8-44. Rotary shutter /10/25/50/100/T. Rotating plate with three close up lenses 4', 10', 20'. Two brilliant reflecting finders (one glass missing). Falling plate mechanism with exposure counter. Two holders only. Levi Jones & Co. Ltd.

The R R Courier magazine plate camera No 21

1905
Body AM No 14A/720, No 238, with magazine AM 14A/730 No 4722 and gearbox AM 14A/3340 No 9631. For 5 1/2" wide film 5 1/4 x 5 1/2"; lens F:5" f/4 No VV187310. Shutter speeds 1/60-1/1000 sec.

Aero camera

No maker's name but Newman and Guardia fittings, finish, etc. Box body magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 plates. f/5-64 lens; 2-blade shutter, pneumatic delay, 2/4/8/16/32/64/100. Two reflecting finders, calibrated with rising front settings. Sliding rising and cross fron, calibrated 0-3, 0-4. 2 double spirit levels. Fitted with early type Newman and Guardia bag changer - perhaps not original, attached with hooks and eyes, and N & G catches. Patent 8329/86 (M588)

Newman and Guardia Universal camera

1890
Kodak Instamatic 500 camera, 1963-1965.Solid body camera for 126 film cartridge 28x28mm. Scneider-Kreuznach Xenar F:38mm f/2.8-22 lens, No 8895760. Compur shutter 30/60/125/250/500/B. Brightline finder, with parallax marks. Exposure meter needle visible in finder, with + and - 1 stop marks. Front cell focusing, with click stops at close-up group and distant settings. Hot shoe flash fitting, and coaxial socket. No 998447. Overall: 70 mm x 125 mm x 55 mm.

Kodak Instamatic 500 camera

1963-1965
Hand magazine camera in box form for plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Made of mahogany with a black leather covering. With focusing screen and engraved scale. Front slides vertically and horizontally. Fitted with focal-plane shutter and plate changine box at rear for 3 double darkslides. Aldis Anasticgmat F.6.3.7" f.1 fiited later. J.H. Dallmeyer Ltd c.1900.

Dallymer hand camera

circa 1900
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.

Magazine Box Plate Camera

Bedford magazine box plate camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Simple lens fitted, rotating plates with four apertures f/11/16/32. T/I shutter. With two reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism.

Bedford Magazine Box Camera

1900
Magazine box plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Simple lens fitted, f/11-44. Rotating plate with three supplementary lenses 4/8/12 feet. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/10/20/50/75/100/T. With two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate changing mechanism with six metal plate holders and exposure counter. Laffite.

Laffite magazine box plate camera

Box type magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f8/44. Adjustable shutter 10/25/50/100/T. Lever focusing to 7 feet. Fitted with two brilliant reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism knob operated, automatic exposure counter to 24.

Magazine box plate camera

Facile magazine plate camera, made by Fallowfield, 146 Charing Cross Road, London. Box type magazine plate camera for 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" plates, in mahogany. Meniscus lens, c f 11, fixed aperture and focus shutter 1/2/10/50/100. Caping shutter behind lens. Single reflecting finder, 12 plates carried in grooved box moved forward by rack and pinion plates in holders, fall into focal plane in lower grooved box moved backwards by rack and pinion. Exposure counter. M1861.

Facile magazine plate camera

1888
No maker's name. Box plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates. Rapid rectilinear lens; rotating plate with 4 apertures; f/8, 11, 16, 22. 'Patent' shutter 5/25/50/100/T. Rack and pinion focusing. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Yellow filter, stowed inside camera front. Sliding cover for lens and viewfinders. 12 metal plate holders with hooked bottoms, released by slide on camera top.

Falling plate magazine camera

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 Box Plate Camera

Box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates with falling plate changing mechanism. Single lens, rotating aperture plate f/11/16/22/32. T/I shutter. Two brilliant reflecting finders sliding knob actuates plate changing. No exposure counter.

box magazine plate camera

Patent no makers name, box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a simple lens rotating plate with apertures f/11, 16, 22, 23. T?I shutter. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism. Rd. 353727.

Magazine plate camera