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Goerz Anschutz Press Camera

1895-1905

Nelrod Liteflash camera

1950

Gaumont Press Camera, c 1900

1895-1905

Collapsing camera for 7 x 9 cm plates. Fitted with a Goerz Dogmar lens F:10cm f/4.5-36 No. 482075. Three blade shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/T/B. Optical frame finder, collapsing. Form of rack and pinion focusing on the camera body. Hooded ground glass focusing screen (glass missing). C.P. Goerz.

Tenax Press Camera

Collapsing presstype camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Plaubel anticomar lens F:10cm f/2.9-22 No.112901. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/200/B/T. Interchangeable lens mount, multistart thread. Coupled coincidence rangefinder. Folding wire sports finder and folding optical frame finder with parallax adjustment. Modified for X and m flash synchronisation. 2 pin socket. Ground glass focusing screen. Manufactured by Plaubel (G Schrader?) about 1949. Overall (deployed): 120 mm x 140 mm x 105 mm.

Plaubel Makina Model III Camera

circa 1950

Speed Graphic camera (Camera Ground Type C-3 USAF). Manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corp, Rochester, New York, USA. Folding press camera for 4 x 5 inch plates. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:6 3/8" f.4.5-32, Serial No EC32-313K. Wollensack Alphax compound shutter 1-100 T/B (faulty). Focal plane shutter adjustable 10-1000. Kalart coupled rangefinder (coincident type) and flash attachment, bulb fired. Direct vision viewfinder. Frame finder (part missing). Sliding rising and cross front. No. 43-30250. (M 3748). Overall (deployed with flash): 425 mm x 260 mm x 270 mm.

Speed Graphic Press Camera

Folding strut plate camera with no makers name. Wooden collapsible camera for 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 plates. RR lens F:6", f8-44; Helical mount focussing, inf.-2 yards. Focal plane shutter with variable tension, marked 1-6. Rising and cross front by single slide on rotating lens panel. Optical frame finder. (M 4619). Overall (deployed): 145 mm x 150 mm x 85 mm. Typical camera used by press photographers of the period.

Folding plate camera

1920

ApeM press camera. Made by ApeM Ltd of 3 Soho Square, London. Quarter plate. Collapsing bellows camer No. W 146. Self capping focal plane shutter 16/24/36/75/150/300/800/B/T. Sliding risingand cross front. Blank lens panel with wire finder frame. Optical frame finder in body. Focussing screen. Release button panel missing. Patent no 170709/21. Overall (deployed): 200 mm x 170 mm x 150 mm. No lens. This is a typical example of a camera designed for press photography.

ApeM press camera. Made by ApeM Ltd of 3 Soho Square

1925

C. P. Goerz press camera. Folding press plate camera 4 1/2 x 3 1/2". Lens No. 255808. Gelor Anastigmat series 1B. F: 150mm. f.4.5-45. Lever focussing 2 yds-inf. Anshutz focalplane shutter 10/-1200; 1/2-8 seconds. Modified frame finder. Sliding rising and cross front. 10 metal darkslides (single). Overall (folded): 165 mm x 200 mm x 120 mm.

Goerz press camera

Goerz press plate camera, folding type. For 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch plates. Dagor Dopp - anastigmatic lens, No. 231106. F:168mm. F6.8-64. Lever focusing 2 yards - inf. Sliding rising and cross front. Focal plane Anschutz shutter 1/10-1/1200. Optical frame find

Goerz press camera

VN folding press camera; made by Peeling and Van Neck, London. 1920-40. Overall (deployed): 225 mm x 225 mm x 170 mm.

Van Neck press camera

1930-1940

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an anastigmat lens F: 6 inches f/4.5-32 No.123030. Fabric focal plane shutter 15/20/30/50/75/100/200/350/500/1000/T. Ground flass reflex focusing screen with folding hood. Rear ground glass screen. Rack and pinion focusing. Sliding rising front. Hinged lens cover shade. Rotating back. Focusing hood rotable to adjust masking. Black leather, with black crackle finish. Houghton-Butcher Lrd. c.1926.

Dallmeyer Press Reflex Camera

1921-1931