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Salex focal plane plate camera. A collapsing strut-form camera for 3 1/4 inch by 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Salex Anastigmat B lens, F: 13.5cm, f/4.5-36 in helical focusing mount. Focal plane shutter 15/25/50/100/150/250/500/1000/. Set by pulling put cocking knob and winding blind edge to marks in focal plane frame. With simple flap shutter attachment to lens for time exposure. Optical frame finder. Made in Italy for the City Sale and Exchange, London. 'Salex' is derived from an abbreviated form of the retailer's name - the City Sale and Exchange. This company never actually made cameras but sold other makers' products under their own name. this camera was probably imported from Italy or Germany.

salex focal plane plate camera

Photographic Technology

1907
Plaubel Makina I folding bellows camera for negatives 2 1/4 x 3 1/2". Lazy tong design. Fitted with a Plaubel Aticor f/2.9 100 mm focal lenght lens. With direct vision optical viewfinder and wire frame finder attached to the lens panel. In pneumatic dial Compur type shutter. Cocking lever below lens. Manufactured by Plaubel in1925.

Plaubel Makina I folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1925
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

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Thornton-Pickard Imperial Pocket Camera. Metal folding plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates. RR type lens F:6", f8-45. B and L shutter 25/50/100/B/T everset. Screw rising cross front. Brilliant reflecting finder. (M 4505)

Thornton-Pickard Imperial Pocket Camera

Photographic Technology

1913
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
15 x 12" plate camera made by W. Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, London. New Patent model, sold by W. Morley, 70 Upper Street, London. With TTH lens No. 16760, 12 x 10 RR Eq. focus. 16"; f8 - 64 iris diaphragm. Rising front (sliding) swing front. Dou

15 x 12" plate camera

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Hare plate camera, made by George Hare. Folding stand camera for 3 3/4 x 4 3/4" plates. Sliding rising front; rack and pinion focus acting on rear. With Dallmeyer lens No. 21859 (June 11, 1867, US patent). F.5". Rotating stop disc with 5 apertures, circa 1880.

Hare plate camera

Photographic Technology

1880
Speed Graphic Camera 5"x4". Kalart Synchronized Range Finder; Supermatic shutter by Eastman Kodak; Kodak Ektar lens 1:4.7, 127mm, No FT4583; flash arm attached, fitted with Phillips Photoflux Type PF48 flashbulb (1982-5028/2).

Speed Graphic Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1950
Ottewill plate camera. Sliding body camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Petzval type lens by J H Dallmeyer F; 6 inches c. f/3.8 with one Waterhouse stop, No 3. Rack and pinion focusing on lens, pinion missing. Serial No 3488. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing on rear panel. With repeating type back with sliding ground glass screen.

Ottewill Plate Camera

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1855-1865
Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches plates. Fitted with a Voigtlander Voigtar anastigmat lens F: 10.5cm f/6.3-25 No.708445. Embeset shutter 25/50/100/B/T delayed action lever, Lever focusing. Sliding rising and cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, folding wire frame finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Depth of field scale. No. B783430. Voigtlander. c.1927

Voigtlander Vag camera

Photographic Technology

1922-1932
Folding metal plate camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Nagel doppel anastigmat lens F:10.5 cm f/4.5-32. No 213520. Deckel compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/T/B. Screw rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension brilliant reflecting finder, wire frame finder, spirit level. 53756.

Nagel Recomar No18 Plate camera

Photographic Technology

1933
Orion folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheet film size 9 x 12cm. DRop-front pull-out type. Manual focusing. Fitted with a Friedrich Munchen Corygon Anastigmat F.6.3 135mm f.1 lens mounted in a Vario everset shutter speeds 1/25 to 1/100sec. Brilliant waist-level viewfinder attahed to front standard. Made of wood and metal covered in black leather. c.1920

Orion folding bellows hand camera

Photographic Technology

1920
Ihagee plate camera made by Ihagee, Dresden. Metal folding camera for 9 x 12cm plates. Ihagee Anastigmat Priplex F:135mm, f6.3-36 No338927. Zenith everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Lever focussing inf.-1 meter. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. reflecting brilliant rotating finder with spirit level. Large wire frame finder. No. 236147. (M4489)

Ihagee plate camera

Photographic Technology

1926
Folding plate camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plate. Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F:10.5cm f/4.5-32. No. 683561. With a rimset Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T and delayed action. Screw rising front. Rack and pinion focusing. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level. Folding frame finder and pin backsight. Ground glass focusing screen. No. 43100. With Rollex 120 rollfilm back. Made by Kamera Werke sold by Sands, Hunter and Co. c.1930

Etui plate camera

Photographic Technology

1925-1935
Folding camera for 9 x 12cm plates. Zeiss Tessar lens, F:13.5 cm. f/4.5-32. No 2417842. Compur shutter, 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T, with delayed action. Added flash socket, coaxial. Rack and pinion rising and cross front. Rack and pinion focusing with double extension, Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, wire frame finder No 11862Z, "stolen from Kodak Limited" engraved on the side. Kodak AG.

Nagel recomar 33 camera

Photographic Technology

1933
Folding metal quarter plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Dallmeyer No 1 Series IV Stigmatic lens F: 4 3/4 inches f/6.3-32. Ibos shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion rising front, sliding cross front, rack and pinion focusing, double extension bellows, calibration for rear lens only, brilliant reflecting rotating finder with hood, added optical frame finder, ground glass focusing screen with collapsing hood Serial No 48576, lens Serial no 74795. Westminster Photographic Exchange.

quarter plate camera

Photographic Technology

1920
Mayfield pocket camera. Folding hand camera in polished ebonite for plates 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. f/8-64 lens, RR type. Rotary shutter with speed adjustment. Ground glass focusing screen. c. 1888. Manufactured by Mayfield, Cobb and Co., Ltd., 41-35 Victoria Street, London. With fitting for flash.

Mayfield's pocket camera

Photographic Technology

1883-1893
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

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Gandolfi 12 x 10 field camera. Cooke Series V, Anastigmat lens, 16 inch, f/8, Serial No 74381. About 1930. With four double dark slides; six whole plate adaptors; one quarter plate adaptor; one roller blind shutter; five lens panels; Ross Anastigmat, wide angle lens, f6.5; Taylor Hobson wide angle lens, Series VII B, Serial No 125423.

Gandolfi Field Camera

Photographic Technology

1930
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Zeiss anastigmat lens F: 240mm f/6.3-45 No.38222. N&G shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100/T lever focusing. Detachable reflecting finder. Integral bag changing box. Automatic exposure counter 7 (of 12) metal holders. Holders moved into back by lever. Swing back. Newman and Guardia.

Nydia camera

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Whole plate camera by Hare, c.1885 (label inscription: C Hare/Manufacturer/26 Calthorpe Street/London). Folding stand camera for 5 x 7 1/2 inch plate. Fitted with a J.H. Dallmeyer lens No. 2, patent, achromat with wheel stops 15, 2 x 3/. Tailboard design. Rack and pinion focusing on back. Extra extension by sliding front with locking arms. Sliding rising and cross front. Vertical swing back. Ground glass screen hinged at top. Provision for stereo septum (missing). With focusing cloth. 3959. With one single wet plate slide (contains 2 slides?).

Late Wet Plate Camera by George Hare

Photographic Technology

1880-1890
Folding stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plates. No lens or lens panel. Sliding and rising front, with two adjustments. Sanderson's patent Universal Swing Front and back. Rack and pinion focusing, with double extension. Pendulum level. Ground glass screen and tripod head are missing.

Sanderson Folding Half Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1900
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
ICA minimum palmos collapsible bellows strut camera for plates or cutfilm VPK size 1 5/8 x 2 1/12". Fitted with Carl Zeiss Tessar F.2.7 80mm lens mounted in a helical focusing mount. With self capping focal plane shutter with spring tension giving 15 speeds, 1 50 1/1000 and T. All metal constuction covered with black leather, c.1922

ICA minimum palmos collapsible bellows strut camera

Photographic Technology

c.1922
Patent Instantograph camera by J. Lancaster & Son; with double dark slide and canvas case, 1888.

Patent Instantograph camera

Photographic Technology

1888
Stamp camera. Box camera with 9 small lens in 3x3 rows; detachable internal divided with 'perforation' edged mask for 9 pictures approx 24x30mm on .25 plate.

Stamp camera

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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

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The Wizard folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Drop-front pull-out type. Manual focusing. With reflex waist-level viewfinder mounted on baseboard. Lens panel has rising front and fitted with Symmetrical F.8 6" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic shutter, speeds 1/5 to 1/100sec B. & T. With red leather bellows and polished mahogany base. Mahattan optical co, c.1900.

The Wizard folding bellows hand camera

Photographic Technology

1900
Salex collapsible folding bellows camera for plates or sheet film, size 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". With focal plane shutter. With eye-level viewfinder. Fitted with a Salex anastigmat F.5.5 102mm f.1 in a helical focusing mount. Metal with black leather cover. Murer & Duronic.1920

Salex collapsible folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1913
Folding hand camera for plates 9 x 12cm. Fitted with a Goerz Kalostigmat lens F: 13cm f/6.8-36 No.421500. Ibso shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension, lever worked sliding rising front, cross front. Brilliant reflecting finder with spirit level. Ground glass focusing screen (broken). C.P. Goerz.

Goerz Tenax plate camera

Photographic Technology

1912
Patent field camera by A J Melhuish of London. A 10 x 8 inch Kinnearpattern camera with brass rear standard and applied label 'Melhuish's patent. Patented November 10, 1859 and December 28 1859'.

Patent Field Camera by A J Melhuish of London

Photographic Technology

1860-1862
Fallowfield wet plate camera for Gem photographs. Sliding body camera of wet plate design for 5 x 4 inch plates. Modified with internal lens panel carrying twelve small lenses, producing twelve pictures 3/4 x 1 inches. Flap shutter on camera front, rack and pinion focusing on front of baseboard but working on camera back. Ground glass focusing screen. Fallowfield and Co. Manufactured before 1890.

Fallowfield Gem Wet Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1880-1890
Ideal 246 folding bellows camera for negatives 9 x 12c, for plates or cutfilm. Drop-front pull-out standard. with double extensions and rack and pinion focusing. Rising and cross front lens panel. Fitted with a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens F.6.3 15cm mounted in a diaphragm everset shutter. Back of ground glass. With wire framefinder and brilliant waistlevel viewfinder. Body of steel with black leather cover. c.11920

Ideal 246 folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1920
Folding camera for 9 x 12cm plates. Originally fitted with a Rodenstock Doppel anastigmat eurynar lens F:135mm f/6.8-45, No. 47028. Compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T but the lens has been exchanged for a 2454. Has a sliding rising front, with sliding focusing. With an Optica frame finder automatically erected when camera is opened and the original backsight replaced. Hooded focusing screen. Ernemann.

Ernemann pocket plate camera

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No. 3 Eastman plate camera series C; (back says series D). Kodak, 1901-1902

Kodak No 3 plate camera Series C

Photographic Technology

1901-1902
Kodak studio camera No 1. Fitted with repeating back, 1990-5036/1773. Studio camera for 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch plates. Fixed lens panel, extending rear panel, 3' extensions. Rack and pinion focusing on rear panel. Screw swing back, both movements. Reversible back in detachable frame. Supports for focusing cloth (incomplete). Manufactured by Kodak Ltd. See 1990-5036/1778 for lens.

Kodak Studio Camera No 1

Photographic Technology
Folding plate camera 9x12cm. Alpha Periskop lens F:13.5cm f/11. Derval wheelset shutter.

Zeiss Ikon Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1926
Folding plate camera, no makers name. Metal folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 plates; Rodenstock extra rapid aplanat lens F105mm, f7.7-36. C.A.G compound shutter (faulty). Ibso 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T, everset 3 blades. Rack and pinion focusing; some bellows extension for close-ups. Rotating brilliant finder with spirit level. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. 3 single metal darkslides, 2 marked Klito.

Folding plate camera

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Busch folding bellows camera hand camera ffor plates or sheetfilm size 31/4 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. With rack and pinion focusing. With red leather bellows. Triple extension and rising front and side movement. Fitted with Busch Anastigmat Omnar Series 11 f.5.6 5 1/2" f.1 lens in a Unicum Bausch & Lomb shutter with speeds1sec to 1/100sec B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Of mahogany with nickel plated fittings with black leather cover. c.1912

Busch folding bellows camera hand camera

Photographic Technology

1905
Folding camera for 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Dallmeyer Serrac lens F: 3 inches f/4.5-32. With Newman and Guardia shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100/150/200B/T. Cocked by lever 0 and + indicated by shutter. Lever focusing. Sliding rising and cross front. Optical frame finder. No. B 904. Newman and Guardia.

Newman and Guardia Baby Sibyl camera

Photographic Technology

1912
Busch rollfilm/plate camera. A folding camera for 118 rollfilm or plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Busch Omner anastigmat lens F:13cm f/6.8-22 and an Ibso shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. With a brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level. Screw rising front. Sliding cross front. Rack and pinion focusing. Scale adjustment for both the plates and film. Combination back and separate hooded focusing screen (glass missing). With Cable release. Busch AG Optische Industries. No.28931. Overall (deployed): 215 mm x 120 mm x 163 mm.

Busch Rollfilm Plate Camera

Photographic Technology
Dallmeyer speed camera of British manufacture with British Patent 8721-2 and American Patent 1088492 Rg. No. 604414. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Dallmeyer Pentac lens F: 4 1/4 inches f/2.9-16 no. 107334. Focal plane shutter 8/16/32/64/125/250/500/1000/B/T. Lever focusing, sliding rising front. Wire frame finder No DS 183.

Dallmeyer speed camera

Photographic Technology

1925
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
Folding camea for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Voigtalnder Heliar lens F: 10.5cm f/4.5-22 NO.392892. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing double extension. Screw rising front (spirit level in knob), sliding cross front. Lens and shutter on bayonet mount. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Folding wire frame finder. Ground glass focusing screen. With three single metal darkslides. Rollfillm adaptor for 120 rollfilm. Depth of field scale. Voigtlander.

Voigtlander Bergheil camera

Photographic Technology
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
Wallace Heaton, London. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" plates; Zodellar Anastigmatic lens F:105mm f/3.8; rimset Compur shutter 1-1/250 sec. delayed action; reflecting finder; wire frame finder missing; optical frame finder added; rack and pinion focusing; double extension; screw rising front; in leather case with 4 single metal darkslides.

Zodel Regular camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1930
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck Neostigmat lens Series IIIn N.3 f/7.7-32 No.152879. Everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T, Sliding rising front, sliding focusing. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen. Houghton's Limited.

The Folding Klito camera

Photographic Technology

1912
Klimax folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm. Drop-front pull-out type. Double extension. Focusing by rack and pinion. Fitted with Aldis Uno Anastigmat F.7.7 lens mounted in an Ensign Lukos III pneumatic everset shutter with speeds 1sec-1/100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder, ground glass back and optical direct vision viewfinder. Made of wood and metal with black leather cover.

Klimax folding bellows camera, c 1922

Photographic Technology

c.1922
The 'Sanderson' folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm size 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Rack and pinion focusing. More than double extensions. With waist-level viewfinder and ground glass back. has an interchangeable lens panel fitted with a Beck Double Aplanat F.7.7 6" f.1 lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb Unicum shutter, speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. Made of French polished mahogany with black leather cover and brass fittings and red leather bellows. George Houghton and Sons, c.1904

The 'Sanderson' folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1904
The Adams VESTA camera, a folding plate camera for negatives 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted wutg a Zeiss Tessar F.4.5 4.5" f.1 lens mounted in a pneumatic pre-set shutter, speeds 1 sec to 1/100sec and time and bulb. Focusing by geared lever mounted in lens mount. With metal trellis. Adams & Co c.1924

The Adams VESTA camera

Photographic Technology

c.1924