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

circa 1910

Tylar Magazine Plate Camera

Midg Magazine Plate Camera

circa 1902-1920

Klito No 1 Magazine Box Camera

1902-1912

Klito No 2 Magazine Plate Camera

1908-1918

Victoria Magazine Plate Camera

Magazine Box Camera

Magazine Box Plate camera with plate holders

Box magazine camera

circa 1900

Magazine camera with plate holders, c.1900

Houghton's Klito No 3A Camera

1905-18

The Excelsior Magazine Plate Camera

Midg Box 4 Magazine Plate Camera

1909

Klito Falling Plate Magazine Camera

1905
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

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
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
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 type magazine camera for 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a simple lens, open and three apertures No 1-3 on rotating plate. T/I shutter. With two reflecting finders and two spirit levels. Lever operated falling plate mechanism with exposure counter to 12. Leather covered. No 950.

box magazine plate camera

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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

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

Magazine box plate camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens f/8-32. Rotating plate with three lenses 4', 8', 12' and ISO screen. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/10/20/50/75/100/B/T. Access to shutter by D front plate. Two brilliant reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism, knob operated exposure counter.

Magazine Box 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
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-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 type magazine camera for notched flat films 3 1/4 inch x 4 1/4 inch. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with apertures f/8/16/32/256 and rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/80/T. With two brilliant reflecting finders, rotating holder for 40 notched films fed after exposure into rear compartment. Automatic exposure counter numbered to 20 spirit level in film change rod. R.J. Beck

Frena flat film camera

circa 1899
Newman and Guardia Ltd, 90 and 92, Shaftesbury Avenue, London W. Bag type magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" inch plates. Wray RR lens F:5 1/2", f/-45, No 11839. Newman shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100. Two refelcting finder with hoods. Sliding rising front, cross front. Rack and pinion focusing. Ground glass focusing screen. Newman and Guardia bag changer with 12 plates, auto exposure counter, No 2746. No B 981. In lined leather case.

Newman & Guardia Model B W camera

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
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
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

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
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
S.L. leather covered box magazine camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Rapid aplanat lens iris calibrated 4 -128 (US). Three supplementary lenses on rotating plate, 18 foot. Adjustable shutter 50/75/100/150/200/T. With two brilliant reflecting finders with mirrors in hoods for eye level use. Falling plate changing mechanism with exposure counter to 12. Made in France.

Magazine Box Plate Camera

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

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

Magazine box plate camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. Fitted with Achromat lens, f/8-32. Rotating plate with supplementary lenses 4', 8', 12'. Iso screen yellow filter on swinging arm. Guillotine shutter, II-I/2/5/25/50/75/100/T/B. The front hinges for access to the shutter. Two brilliant reflecting finders and falling plate mechanism. With a knob operated exposure counter. Similar to 774.

magazine plate camera

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
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
R & J Beck. Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates. Beck Double Meniscus lens rotating plate with 4 apertures: f/8,16,32,45. Rotary shutter 20/40/80. Two brilliant refelcting finders. Falling plate changing mechanism. Sheathes run on right-angled guide, plates changed by turning knob on side. Sheathes missing. Automatic exposure counter. Push-on close-up lens No 1-27'-9'. In original carton.

The Cornex Camera Model B

Box type magazine plate camera for 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Rectimat symmetrical lens f/8-45. Self capping shutter 1/2/4/20/50/100/T/B/ With two brilliant reflecting finders, rack and pinion focusing to 3 feet. Bellows inside box body. Falling plate changer for 24 plates with 12 plate holders and automatic exposure counter.

Klito magazine plate camera

1905
Magazine plate camera, for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2" plates, made in Britain. RR lens with rotating aperture plate f8,11,16,22,32. Shutter 25/50/90/T. Three close-up lenses: 3', 6', 10' carried on rear of lens panel door. Two reflecting finders. Spring actuated plate changing falling plate mechanism with automatic counter for 12 plates. 12 plate holders. (M 4031)

Magazine plate 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

Magazine box plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a simple lens f/11-32. Adjustable shutter 1/2/4/20/50/100/T. Fitted with two reflecting finders. Falling plate changing mechanism with exposure calculator.

Klito magazine plate camera

1905-1918