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 Photographic Technology 1884-1894
Anschutz patent instantaneous camera, c. 1893. Made by C.P. Goerz, Berlin? Focal plane shutter box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Goerz Extra Rapid Lynkeioskop lens Series C No.1 f/7.7-43.8 No. 8532 and an Anschutz focal plane shutter 25/40/50/65/87/130/260/520/1000. With rack and pinion focusing on lens barrel. Large folding frame viewfinder. With a ground glass screen and folding hood and lens cap. C.P. Goerz. Overall: 205 mm x 164 mm x 182 mm. Anschutz Patent Instantaneous camera Photographic Technology 1888-1898
Twelve lens repeating, back wet plate camera, c1870. Twelve lens repeating, back wet plate camera, c 1870 Photographic Technology 1865-1875
Shew's Xit Eclipse quarter plate camera, made by J F Shew & Co. London. Collapsing A form, wooden camera for RR lens, rotating aperture plate f/8,11,16,32. Rotary shutter T/I. Helical screw and lever focusing inf.- 1 1/2 yards. Shew removable , reflecting finder. No focusing screen. (M477) Eclipse plate camera Photographic Technology 1896
Studio camera by Charles G Collins, St John's Wood, 1870-1889. Sliding body camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. The lens panel slides into back. RAck and pinion focusing over approx 20cm, exposed rack on basebaord. Vertical swing repeating back. Ground glass focusing screen hinges downwards. Fitted with a single wooden darkslide. With DAllmeyer 3D lens cat no.0657. Charles G. Collins. wet-plate studio camera Photographic Technology 1870-1889
Camera, British Rail, Underwood dryplate camera in leather case. Underwood dryplate camera in leather case Miscellanea & Curiosities
Protype box-type rollfilm camera for 80mm wide roll film 95 x 80mmm. 'Parcel' or 'Tombosa' camera. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, sliding plate with three apertures sliding focusing uncalibrated, rotating shutter, adjustable tension, single reflecting finder, film wound without backing paper, friction roller, indicates correct windon., pressure plate pinched by lever to be slackened when winding off. Camera covered with cardboard case with apertures for controls, lens, etc. Surrounded by leather straps and carrying handle, to resemble brown paper parcel. Henry N B Good of Devises. 1889. never produced commercially. Tombosa Detective Camera Photographic Technology 1889
Camera, dryplate, ex York Carriageworks, in case with engraved label North Eastern Railway carriage and wagon dept. drawing office York. Plate camera, North Eastern Railway Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories
Box magazine plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Rouch instantaneous doublet lens No 7023 with 4 Waterhouse stops, Thornton Pickard Roller Blind shutter built in behind lens 15/25/40/60/80, released by pneumatic tube (perished). Two reflecting finders with covers. Sliding lens cover, bag type plate changer built in with 12 metal plate holders. Sliding body focusing. W.W. rouch. 1888. Rouch's Eureka Detective Camera Photographic Technology 1888
Kodak studio camera No 1. For up to 10x8" plates; no lens; rack focusing on back; vertical and horizontal swing back; repeating back, with 1/1 plate sprung focusing screen. Overall (back): 345 mm x 460 mm x 92 mm; overall (camera): 510 mm x 135 mm x 610 mm. Kodak studio camera No 1 Photographic Technology
Folding camera for 20x12" plates. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:14" f/5.6 No TT286008; calibrated rising front; rack focusing on front and back; bed. Large vertical swing on front. Sprung focusing screen; pendulum level. Horizontal swing back. In case with two blockforce double darkslides. Folmer and Schwing Banquet camera Photographic Technology
Eastman Kodak Co. Folding camera for 4" x 5" plates. Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, U.S. 4 - 128, Unicum shutter, 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T with pneumatic release valve, sliding rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing with extra extension, brilliant reflecting rotating finder on base board, spirit level, swing back both directions, reversable bacl, no 792. Overall (deployed): 165 mm x 152 mm x 220 mm. Eastman Plate Camera No 4 Series C Photographic Technology 1905-1915
ICA Bebe camera for paltes or cutfilm 2 1/2 x 3 1/2". Press strut design. Lever operates focusing mechanism. Helical focusing mount carrying Tessar f.4.5 12cm lens in specially deisgned dial Compur shutter, speeds 1 sec 1/200sec. With optical viewfinder. c.1922 ICA Bebe camera Photographic Technology 1922
Cycle Poco No.3 plate camera, made by the Rochester Camera Company. Folding wooden plate camera for 5 x 7" plates. Baush and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens F 7 1/2", f8-128; Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/100/B/T cocking wheel, pneumatic release valve. Sliding rising front. Rotating reflecting finder on baseboard. Hooded focussing scree (glass missing). Rack and pinion focussing 100-6'. Double extension. Cycle Poco No 3 plate camera Photographic Technology 1900
The Peckham Wray camera for plates or cutfilm 5 x4. Fitted with two shutters, a focal plane roller-blind shutter, built into the body of the camera with speeds from 1/15 to 1/800sec. and T. Second is a Synchro Compur ring pre-set shutter, speeds 1sec 1/500 sec and B into which the lens, a Wray Lustar F.4.5 135mm f.1 is mounted. Both are fitted into a helical mount. With two mirrors and simple wire frame finder mounted on the left of a reflex finder. Wray optical Works, c.1950 The Peckham Wray camera Photographic Technology c.1950
Agfa, Germany. Folding camera for 6.5 x 9cm plates. Agfa Anastigmat lens F:10.5cm, f/4.5-36, No 243909. Two blade shutter 2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Lens and shutter in helical focusing mount. Brilliant refelcting rotating finder, folding wire frame finder (front frame missing). Ground glass focusing screen withhood. With four single metal darkslides. Agfa Standard plate camera Photographic Technology 1926-33
Ernemann Heag I plate camera made by Ernemann, Dresden. Folding metal plate camera for 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. Ernemann Detective Aplanat lens No.00. F:110mm, f6.8-32. Shutter 2 blade 1/2/5/25/50/100/T/B. Sliding rising and cross front; Lever focusing inf. - 3'. Rotating reflecting finder. With filmpack adaptor. In original carton. Ernemann Heag I plate camera Photographic Technology
Goerz Tenax folding bellows camera for rollfim No.120, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". DRop-front pull-out type. With worm gear mechanism, focusing range 3ft to infintiy. Fitted with Goerz Dagor F.6.8 105mm lens in a Dial set Compur shutter, speeds 1-1/150 sec B. & T. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder attached to front standard. All metal construction with leather covering. c.1920 Goerz Tenax folding bellows camera Photographic Technology c.1920
Goerx Tenax folding plate camera for negatives 9x12cm. Drop-front pull-out type wuth Ernemann Doublet lens F.11 135mm f.1 mounted in a everset 3 speed shutter. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to front standard. All metal and wood body with black leather cover. c.1923 Goerx Tenax folding plate camera Photographic Technology 1923
Klimax folding plate camera, for 4 3/4" plates. Wooden body, aluminium frame and base. Aldis Uno anastigmatic lens. F7.7-64; Bausch and Lomb shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Lens and shutter on quick-release flange. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Double extension bellows. Brilliant reflecting finder with spirit level. Klimax folding camera Photographic Technology
Hand box camera for 3.25x4.25 inch plates; simple lens; Lancaster see-saw shutter; single reflecting finder; 6 x plates held in 3 double metal holders in changing box; each dropped in turn into exposing plane and returned to changing box after exposure. Lancaster Omnigraph detective camera Photographic Technology 1894
Collapsing camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with Krauss Zeiss tessar lens F:107mm f/6.8 calibrated 4, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.4. shutter cocked and fired by sliding lens cover plate. Calibrated 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and T. Optical frame finder front lens in lens cover plates. Helical focusing by sliding lever, to 5 metres. Screw in supplementary lens for 1 metre. Ground glass screen (glass missing) No.3782. L. Gaumont & Cie. Gaumont Block Notes camera Photographic Technology
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch plates or filmpack. Bausch and Lomb Planatograph lens US 4-128. Ball bearing shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Sliding focusing and rising front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass screen in spring back. No. 7004. Eastman Kodak Company. Premo No 8 camera Photographic Technology 1913-1922
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat lens F: 5 inches f/6.3-45. No.53925. Ensign sector shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing. Sliding rising and cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Houghtons Limited. Folding Klito camera Photographic Technology 1912
Folding camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. No lens fitted. Sliding rising front on lens panel. Drop baseboard, swing front with Sanderson patent catch. Top of camera body raises to permit extra rise with wide angle lens. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Brilliant reflecting finder with rotating mask on baseboard. Reversible back with ground glass screen. Spirit level (dry) in baseboard. No. 19195. Houghtons Limited. The Sanderson Hand Camera, Junior model Photographic Technology
Ensign folding bellows camera for rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" size. Drop-front pull-out standard type with manual focusing. Fitted with an Aldis-Anastigmat F.7.7, 5.5" f.1 mountedin a 3-speed 'Tricho' shutter. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder with spirit level attached to front standard, Of wood and metal construction covered in black leather. Houghton and Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd., c 1912. Ensign folding bellows camera, c 1910 Photographic Technology 1904-1915
Folding camera for plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128. Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/T/B/ With rack and pinion focusing, double extension and a sliding rising and cross front. With a brilliant reflecting rotating finder on baseboard. Swing back, Ground glass focusing screen. Reversible back. Spirit level (dry) on baseboard. Eastman kodak. No 3 Eastman Plate camera, Series D Photographic Technology 1902-1904
Ernemann Cronos 'B' folding bellows camera for negative size 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 using plates or cutfilm. Drop-front pull-out type with lever focusing. Fitted with a Nostar Anastigmat F.6.8 105mm lens mounted in a Zeiss Ikon everset shutter with speeds 1sec-1/100 B. & T. Lens panel has rising front and side movement. With ground glass screen and brilliant waist-level viewdinedr with spirit level. Metal construction with black leather cover. c.1924 Ernemann Cronos 'B' folding bellows camera Photographic Technology c.1924
Scoville 'Waterbury' detective camera. Box camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens with two circular stops f/15 and f/20. Rotary shutter with adjustable tension. Level focusing. Single reflecting finder, focusing screen in spring back storage space underneath room for double darkslide. Patented Oct. 16 1888. c.1889. Manufactured by Scoville Mfg. Co., USA. Overall: 190 mm x 192 mm x 186 mm. Scoville detective camera Photographic Technology 1884-1894
Single lens reflex camera, "Loman's Patent Reflex Camera" for quarter plates, manufactured by Loman and Co., Amsterdam, 1889. Overall (deployed): 205 mm x 190 mm x 185 mm. Loman's Patent Reflex Camera Photographic Technology 1889
Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Zeiss tessar lens F: 12cm f/4.5-32 No.1182162. Rimset compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T delayed action. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Screw rising front. Brilliant reflecting rotating diner. FOlding wiore frame finder. NO. 56883. Kamera WErkeStalten. KW etui camera Photographic Technology
Butler's patent, tri-colour camera with Trinar Astigmat lens, No 54, by J Lancaster & Son, Birmingham, 1905. Butler's patent No 54. Butler's Patent Tri-Colour Camera Photographic Technology 1905
Kamera-Werkstatten, Dresden. Folding camera for 9x12cm plates. Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar lens F:13.5cm, f/4.5-36, No 65277. Compur shutter, wheel-set, 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing. Sliding rising front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen. With one metal darkslide and Rollex patent rollfilm back for 120 rollfilm. Etui camera Photographic Technology 1920
Contessa Nettel folding bellows camera for plates or sheet-film size 3 1/4 x 4 1.4". Has double extension anmd focusing is by rack and pinion. Front panel has rising front and side movement. Fitted with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar F.4.5 150mm lens mounted in a dial set Compur shutter with speeds 1 sec to 1/150 B. & T. With back of ground glass and brilliant waist-level finder on front with spirit level. All metal construction with black leather cover. C.1922 Contessa Nettel folding bellows camera Photographic Technology c.1922
Thornton Pickard Ruby camera. Quarterplate folding camera, brass and mahogany. Bellows plate. Rising and swing front. Double focussing pinions - front and back Pendulum level. Built-in tripod fittings. No.3193A. Fitted with Cooke lens 1259. No 3193. Thornton Pickard Ruby camera Photographic Technology 1899-1905
