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Pony Premo C camera, made by the Rochester Optical and Camera Co. NY. Wooden folding plate camera for 5 x 7 plates. Bausch and Lomb Rapid Rectilinear lens f8-358; ROCCo shutter - 2 blade 1/2/5/25/100/B/T. 2 cylinder pneumatic shutter. Sliding rising front, sliding focussing. Rotating brilliant reflecting finder. No. 171101. (M4680)

Pony Premo C camera

Photographic Technology

1902
Contessa-Nettel quarterplate folding camera; sliding rising front; Nettar-anastigmat F:12.5cm, 6.3-60 No.209436; Derval shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Cable release socket reflex brilliant finder.

Contessa-Nettel folding camera

Photographic Technology

1924
Ernemann folding bellows camera for plates or sheet film, size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. Manual focusing. Fitted with an Ernemann double objective F.8 140mm f.1 lens mounted in a Ernemann ever set 3-speed shutter 25sec to 1/100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level finder attached to front standard. Made of wood and metal covered ib black leather. c.1920

Ernemann folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1920
Contessa Nettel bellows camera for plates or cutfilm 2 1/4 x 15/8. Lazy tong type. Fitted with a Mayer Goerz Double Anastigmat F.63 75,, f.1 mounted in a Pronto shutter with 3-speeds 1/25, 1/100 B. & T. With wire frame finder. Metal covered in black leather. 1925

Contessa Nettel bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1925
Two double dark slides for a folding bellows hand or stand camera. c.1906

Folding bellows hand or stand camera

Photographic Technology

c.1906
Bellows Plate, Junior Imperial Number 9 Camera. 4x5 plate camera. RR lens, Wollensack TBL shutter. Rising front by click stops. Hinged reflecting finder.

Junior Imperial number 9 camera

Photographic Technology

1880-1890
Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches plates. Fitted with a Voigtlander Skopar anastigmat lens F: 10.5cm f/4.5-25 No.315312. Embeset shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Brilliant rotating reflecting finder with level. Folding wire frame finder. Ground glass focusing screen. NO.40392. Voigtlander. c.1927

Voigtlander Avus camera

Photographic Technology

1922-1932
Scovill Detective camera for 4x5 inch plates, fitted with R and J Beck rectilinear 7 inch lens Serial No 2448. With lens cap, set of Waterhouse stops and one double dark slide. Manufactured by Scovill Manufacturing Co., USA, 1887. Overall (closed): 245 mm x 152 mm x 277 mm.

Scovill Detective camera for 4x5 inch plates

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'The International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera. With one sliding panel. The 'Rectigraph' lens is a Rapid Rectilinear approx 12" focal length, aperture F.8. Iris diaphragm was added later. Originally fitted with Waterhouse stops. Lancaster. c. 1885

'The International' folding bellows tailboard field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

1887
'The Instantograph' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 3 1/4 4 1/4". Has double extension, square leather bellows, double swing back, reversing back, rising front and rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Lancaster & Son 'Wide Angle Rectigraph' lens. Of mahogany with brass fittings. Lancaster, c.1889

'The Instantograph' folding bellows field or stand camera

Photographic Technology

1889
Klein Tricolour camera manufactured by Bellingham and Stanley Ltd., 1936-1937, with wooden box, plus cardboard glass plate box containing six separation negatives (two sets).

Klein Tricolour camera

Photographic Technology

1936-1937
Goerz Anschutz collapsible strut camera for negatives 1/4 plate size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". With focal plane shutter. Fitted with a Goerz Dagor F.6.8 150mm lens. c.1912

Goerz Anschutz collapsible strut camera

Photographic Technology

c.1912
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 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches plates. Fitted with an extra rapid aplanat lens f/8-44. Everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with spirit level. Rack and pinion focusing. Added folding optical frame finder.

Folding hand plate camera

Photographic Technology

1902
Box bellows camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plate. Takes two at a time. Fitted with two meniscus lenses, rotating plates with three apertures, T/I shutter of three speeds, unmarked. Rack and pinion focusing. Brilliant reflecting viewfinder. There are 13 metal sheaths in the back but no apparent provision for changing. Perhaps darkroom loaded. Made of black stained wood. Probably home made.

Box stereo plate camera

Photographic Technology
Phonix hand plate camera. Folding camera for plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Gilt metal - Laack Doppel Anastigmat Dialytar lens F:135mm f/4.5-25 No 133446. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing; screw rising and cross front. Refelcting viewfinder missing (replaced by substitute August 1979).

Phönix Hand Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1920-1929
Box magazine camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch plates. Single lens, rotating aperture plates f/8/11/16/32. Two close up lenses on rotating plate 4' and 8' T/I shutter. Two reflecting finders, falling plate changing mechanism, automatic counter to 24, sliding knob operated.

Magazine box plate camera

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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

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Quarter-plate camera. Zeiss Tessar lens, 12cm, f6.3, No 351491. Kollos shutter (pneumatic delay). In case with 5 metal darkslides.

Quarter-plate camera

Photographic Technology

1920
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

Photographic Technology
Folding camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Originally fitted with an Amar anastigmat lens F:135mm, no.40653. Vario shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion focusing (knob missing). Screw rising, sliding cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Ground glass focusing screen with folding hood.

Quarter-Plate Hand Camera

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Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Beck symmetrical lens f/8-45. With a Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter /2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Lens carried on panel within camera. Shutter cocked by cord to outside. Rack and pinion focsing. Small bellows connecting lens panel to camera body interior. Front door with lens cover stamped Rd.389460. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Falling plate mechanism, plates arranged horizontally in 12 metal sheaths. Operated by sliding knob. Plate counter. Sheaths marked Rd.353727. Sold by John Pigott Limited. 118 Cheapside and Milk Street, London.

Magazine plate camera

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Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Symmetrical F.7.7 5" lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic diaphragm shutter with speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. With back ground glass and brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood with black leather cover and mahogany drop-front with brass fittings and nickel plated shutter. J Lizars, c.1895.

Challenge folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1895
The Challenge folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheet film 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. Double extension with red tapered bellows and rising front movement. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with Aldis Anastigmat F.6 4 3/4" f.1 lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter with speeds 1sec to 1/100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to baseboard. Made of wood with brass fittings. lIZARS, C.1910

The Challenge folding bellows hand camera

Photographic Technology

c.1910
Sangar Sheppard type one-exposure tri-colour camera, 1902, with side panel and two dark slide sheaths.

Sanger Sheppard Type One-Exposure Tri-Colour Camera

Photographic Technology

1902
Watson 10 x 8 inch camera. Folding stand camera for 10 x 8 inch plates. Fitted with a Watson rapid rectilinear lens f/8-64, Serial No 2580 in aluminum mount. Sliding rising front, swing front and back. Reversible back with ground glass focusing screen. Built in tripod turntable. No.7907. Manufactured by W Watson & Sons, 313 High Holborn, London.

Watson 10 x 8 plate camera

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KLITO folding bellows camera for negative size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out standard with rising front movement. Fitted with a Meniscus lens and rotating diaphragm with 4 apertures, 12, 17, 24,34 in a 2 -position shutter, inst. and T. operated by a lever in front of lens. Ground-glass screen. All wood construction covered in black leather. Houghton's, c.1900

KLITO folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

1900
Nydia camera. Collapsing camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Fitted with a Zeiss ProtarlEnse F:240mm f/6.3-45 No 47534. N & G 2 blade shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100/T. Lever focusing by scale. Combination of swing front and back gives rising front. Detachable reflecting finder can be fitted for horizontal or vertical pictures. Hinged spirit level on back. Bagtype plate changer for holding 12 sheaths. Lever device with automatic plate counter ejects plates into bag. 513. Spare body with torn bag. Manufactured by Newman & Guardia, London.

Nydia camera

Photographic Technology

1900
Eclipse collapsible bellows camera Patent No. 4102. for single dry plates, negative size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Lens panel supported by two wooden braces. Fitted with a focusing COOKE Series III F.6.5 5.7" lens mounted in a pneumatic compound shutter, with speeds 1 1/100 sec B. & T. Fitted in a helical mount. J F Shew c.1908

Eclipse collapsible bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1908
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

Photographic Technology

c.1920
Folding camera for 3 1/2 rollfilm camera or plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Extra rapid aplanat lens no.0 f/8-44. Two blade shutter (Unicum type) 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Sliding rising front. Sliding focusing with two scales for plates and films. Brilliant reflecting finder in base board. With ground glass screen in plate back. No 61466. London Stereoscopic Company.

Stereoscopic Company rollfilm plate camera

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Cameo camera. Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" plates. Velos Anastigmat lens Series V, f/7.7-45, No 121369; Lukos II shutter, 25/50/100/T/B. Cable release. Brilliant refelcting rotating finder. Screw rising, sliding cross, front. Sliding focusing. With filmpack adaptor back.

Cameo camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1910
Folding plate camera, 1/4 plate. Ross Xpres lens 6" f4.5, No 102694. Compound type shutter. No 822. 1 double darkslide.

Adams Vesta Camera

Photographic Technology

1893-1899
Sinclair & Co Uno Cameo with single bellows extension for plates or sheetfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4. Pull down front with moving front standard. Focusing scale on right of the base. Fitted with a Zeiss Double Amatar F.6.8 15cm lens in a pneumatic compound shutter, speeds 1-1/250 B. & T. c.1912

Sinclair & Co Uno Cameo

Photographic Technology

1912
Pecto No 2 folding plate camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens f/8, aperture scale missing. Rauber and Wollensak Optical Company shutter t/b//i. Sliding focusing. Sliding, rising front. Reflecting rotating finder on baseboard. Ground glass focusing screen in sprung back. Colombia Optical Co, London.

Pecto No 2 Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1895-1905
Folding camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Ross Xpres lens F:136mm f/4.5-32 No.115077. Helical focusing mount and bayonet fitting. Patent fabric focal plane shutter 10/15/20/30/50/100/200/400/800/B/T. Rising and falling front. Vertical swing front, screw adjusted. Ground glass reflex focusing screen, deep hood with twin lens magnifier. Rotating back with ground glass screen. No. FR 533. Newman and Guardia.

Newman and Guardia folding reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1921-1930
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
Marion's metal miniature camera, c. 1887. Nickel plated brass camera for 2 x 2 inch plates. Fitted with a double rapid rectilinear type lens, fixed aperture, simple drop shutter. Sliding focusing. Ground glass screen, removable to take single metal slides.

Marion's metal miniature camera

Photographic Technology

1882-1892