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Koroll 2 1/4" sq. 120 rollfim camera for 12 exposure. Fitted with a KOroll meiscus F.II lens in a focusing mount. Shutter is synchronised 2-sposition I. & B. With optical direct vision finder mounted on top. c.1960.

Koroll 2 1/4" sq. rollfim camera

Photographic Technology

1955

Ansco folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.120 2 1/14 x 3 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type. Fitted with a Wollensak F.8 lens mounted in an Actus 3-speed shutter. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to the front standard. All metal construction with black leather cover. c.1912

Ansco folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.120 2 1/14 x 3 1/4"

Photographic Technology

c.1912

The Rollfilm Sanderson folding bellows camera for rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Back slides out. Fitted with Beck Steinheil Orthostigmat Series No.3 F.6.3 4 1/2" f.1 mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter with sppeds 1 sec 1/100 sec. B. & T.. Two brilliant virefinders at waist-level. With plate back and ground-glss screen. Mahogany with brass fittings and covered in black leather. Houghton, c.1906

Rollfilm Sanderson folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1906

Selferecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Kodak Anstar lens F:100mm f/4.5; Epsilon shutter 1/25-1/50. Front cell focusing. Frame finder; bayonet flash socket.

Six-20 Kodak A camera

Photographic Technology

1951-c 1956

Self erecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak anaston lens F: 105mm f/3.5-32. Front cell focusing. Dakon II shutter, 25/50/B/T. Coaxial flash socket. Direct vision optical finder. Body shutter release. Kodak Limited 1954-1963.

Kodak Junior II Camera and Case

Photographic Technology

1954-1963

Six-20 Folding Brownie camera. Self erecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak Anaston lens f/6.3-32, F: 100mm. Dakon shutter 25/50/B/T, Flash synchronized, bayonet ASA type flash connection. Folding optical frame finder. Pivoted cover for red window. Kodak Limited. Overall (deployed): 160 mm x 90 mm x 134 mm.

six-20 folding brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1948-54

Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures, T/I rotary shutter. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Covered in brown leatherette. Kodak Limited. 1929-1935.

No 2 Brownie Camera Model F

Photographic Technology

1929-1935

Self erecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak doublet lens f/11-32. No.0 Kodon shutter 25/50/100/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Eastman Kodak. 1925-1934.

Six-20 kodak junior camera

Photographic Technology

1933-1935

Self-errecting folding camera for 620 rollfilm, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. K. S. Anastigmat lens F:10.5cm f/6.3. No O.V. shutter 1/25-1/100. Refelcting and frame finders. In leather case.

Six-20 Kodak Model C camera

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Ensign Commando self-erecting bellows camera for No.120, 12 exposures 2 1/4". With coupled range finder. Knob mounted on top moves focal plane. Ditted with an Ensar 3.5 75mm f.1 built into a pre-set Epsilon shutter with speeds 1sec to 1/2--sec and B, synchronised for flash. Viewfinder and rangefinder combined. All metal construction with black leather cover. c 1948.

Ensign Commando self-erecting bellows camera, c 1948

Photographic Technology

1948

'All Distance' Ensign camera. Box camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Meniscus lens, rotating plate with three apertures, T/I flipflop shutter. Lens focused for closeups by pulling out lens tube. Two brilliant refelcting finders; frame finder pulls out from front. Pivoted back sight. Hinged red window cover. In hide case.

'All Distance' Ensign camera

Photographic Technology

1927

Folding camera for 127 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches. Fitted with a Sibyl Cooke lens Series II F: 3 inches, f/4.5-32 Patent shutter 2/4/8/16/32/64/100/150/200/T/B, No 102573. Sliding rising and cross front, calibrated 0, 1, 2. Lever operated focusing on baseboard, infinity to 2 yards. Rotating reflecting viewfinder with rising front lens calibrated as main lens. Built in sprirt level. In leather case. Lever focusing. BP. 8721-2. 1088492 Rd No.604414. No. B 1010. Newman and Guardia.

N & G Baby Sibyl camera

Photographic Technology

Kodak Brownie 620 self-erecting bellows camera for rollfilm 620 size 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted with a Kodak Anaston f.6.3 100mm f.1 mounted in a synchronised Dakon shutter with speeds 1/25 and 1/50 sec B. & T. With optical direct vision viewfinder attach to body. Metal construction with black leatherette covering. c.1953

Kodak Brownie 620

Photographic Technology

c.1953

Collapsing strut camera for 128 rollfilm, 2 1/4x1/2". Simple lens, f/11, 16, 22 apertures on rotating plate. I/B shutter. Brilliant reflecting finder. No. p16452. In leather case.

Ensignette camera

Photographic Technology

Kodak 620 self-erecting bellows camera for rollfilm No.620 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Fitted with a K.S. anastigmat F.4.5 105mm lens with front cell focusing and mounted in an O.P.S shutter speeds 1/25, 1/100sec B. & T. and a self timing device. Brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to front standard. Metal framefinder mounted inside at the side of the body. All metal construction covered in black leather. Kodak Ltd, c.1938

Kodak 620 self-erecting bellows camera for rollfilm No.620 2 1/4 x 3 1/4"

Photographic Technology

1938

Ensignette camera, collapsing camera for 1 1/2 inch wide rollfilm 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches. Fitted with a simple lens, rotating plate with three apertures f/11, 16, 22. T/I shutter. Brilliant reflecting finder. No. 4601. Pat. 28464/1907. Dist no. P19418. Houghton-Butcher. Overall (deployed): 54 mm x 100 mm x 86 mm.

Ensignette camera, c 1914

Photographic Technology

1907-1915

Collapsing camera for E.10 rollfilm 1 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. Fitted with a simple lens - rotating plate with 2 apertures, small and large. With everset shutter 25/50/100/B/T and a brilliant reflecting rotating finder and folding frame finder. In leather slip cover. Houghton-Butcher.

Ensign Midget camera

Photographic Technology

Ensignette rollfilm camera, made by Houghtons Limited. Collapsing camera for 1 1/2" wide rollfilm, 35 x 55mm pictures. Simple lens, three apertures f11,16,22 in swing plate. T/I shutter. Built in reflecting brilliant finder. Patent No. 28464/1907. No. 02336

Ensignette rollfilm camera

Photographic Technology

Ensign folding bellows camera for negatives Rollfilm No. 3 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Fitted with Ross homocetric F.6.3 5 1/4" mounted in a Ring Compr shutter, speed 1-1/250sec B. & T. Lens moved by lever with rising front movement. With optical waist-level viewfinder with spirit level attached to front standard. Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co, c.1926

Ensign Rollfilm No. 3, c 1926

Photographic Technology

1921-1931

Carbine folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.118 3 1.4 x 4 1/4". Focusing by rack and pinion. Scale has two setttings F for films and Pl for plates.Button to lower drop front. Fitted with a double bellows extension and Aldis Anastigmat lens F.7.7 in shutter with speeds 1 sec-1/100 B.&T. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder with attached spirit level on front lens panel. Of wood and metal construction with black leather covering. George Houghton & Sons, c.1920.

Carbine folding bellows camera

Photographic Technology

c.1920

Ensign Greyhound.

Ensign GREYHOUND folding camera, 1929

Photographic Technology

1929

Keshaw Eight 20 King penguin folding camera with self erecting bellows. For rollfilm 120 2 1/4 x 3 1.4". Lens is fixed focus doublet F.11 mounted in a synchronised 2-position everset type shutter, bult and instantaneous. With metal frame finder attached to side. All metal construction with black leather covering. Kershaw Soho Sales Ltd c.1946

Keshaw Eight 20 King penguin folding camera

Photographic Technology

c.1946

No. 12 Watch Pocket Carbine, tropical model. Folding camera for 116 rollfilm. Fitted with an Aldis Butcher Anastigmat lens F:5.25 inches, f/6.3-32 No.130052. Compur shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50 focusing with click stops. No D5719. Teak and bronzed metal finish. Manufactured by Houghton-Butcher Mfg. Co., London.

No 12 Watch Pocket Carbine Camera, Tropical Model

Photographic Technology

c. 1923

CARBINE folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.118 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" or same size plates. Wood and metal construction with leather covering. Fitted with a Aldis Uno Anastigmat lens F.7.75.5" mounted in Pneumatic Lukos III shutter 1sec 1/100sec. B.&T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to front standard. c.1924

Ensign Carbine folding bellows camera, c 1924

Photographic Technology

1919-1929

Ensign auto speed camera, a folding bellows camera for rollfilm No.120, 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type stops at infinity and then lever moves lens panel. Focusing distance 3ft-ing. Lens panel has rising cross front adjustment. Fitted with Aldis Butcher Anastigmat F.3.4 3 inch f.1 lens. With focal plane shutter with speeds 1/15 -1/500sec and T. With brilliant optical viewfinder and wire frame finder fitted to front. All metal camera with black leather covering. Butcher & Houghton Maufacturing Co. c.1929

Ensign auto speed camera, c 1929

Photographic Technology

1924-1934

Folding camera for 104 rollfilm 5 x 4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128, Eastman triple action shutter B/I/T, slow-fast adjustment, pneumatic valve on right side, sliding rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing, with two reflecting finders and spring clamp on feed spool, No 13586. Eastman Kodak. 1897-1900.

No 4 cartridge Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1897-1900

Vest Pocket Kodak camera Model B. Meniscus/rotary shutter. In original carton.

Vest Pocket Kodak Camera Model B

Photographic Technology

1925-1934

No 2A Folding Autographic Brownie camera. Achromatic lens, ballbearing shutter. No 339322.

No 2A Folding Autographic Brownie camera

Photographic Technology

1917-1923

Ensign Midget camera. Collapsing camera for E10 rollfilm 1 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. Converted to take Kingston plastic lens in removable mount. Rotating plate with three apertures. Simple shutter 25/50/100/T/B. Folding frame finder. Houghton-Butcher.

ensign midget camera

Photographic Technology

Box-Tengor 54/2 box camera for rollfilm 120 giving 8 exposures. Fitted with a Goerz Frontar meniscus lens F.11 with two supplementary lever operated lenses. Lens aperture F11, F16 and F22. Shutter has two positions bulb and instantaneous. With cable release socket. Fitted with two waist level viewfinders for portrait and landscape shots. Zeiss Ikon A.G. c.1927

Box-Tengor 54/2 box camera for rollfilm, c 1927

Photographic Technology

1922-1932

Folding camera for rollfilm or plate adaptor 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens, US 4-128 automatic shutter 1/2/5/25/100/B/T with pneumatic release valve, rack and pinion rising front, sliding cross front, rack and pinion focusing and rotating brilliant reflecting finder on the base board. Film chamber pulls up allowing spring loaded ground glass screen to move into focal plane for focusing, automatic exposure counter, No 58. Blair camera co.

No 3 Combination Hawk-Eye camera

Photographic Technology

1904-1905

Box camera for 4 x 5 inches for roll holder. Lens missing. Flip-flop shutter T/I. Shutter tension carried by key calibrated 1/2/3. Twin reflecting finders, screw focusing on rear panel bellows inside box case. With ground glass focusing screen (broken). Blair roll holder for 4 inch wide film.

Hawk-Eye No 4 Plate and Film Camera

Photographic Technology

Agfa self-erecting folding camera for rollfilm No.120 Billy known in Britain as "Speedex". 1926

Agfa self-erecting folding camera for rollfilm No.120

Photographic Technology

1926

Afga Standard camera for rollfilm No.116, 2 1/4 x 4 1/4". Fitted with an Agfa Anastigmat F.6.3 130mm lens mounted in an Agfa everset shutter, speeds 1/2 sec 100 B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to front standard. All metal construction with black leather covering. Agfa, c.1920

Afga Standard camera

Photographic Technology

c.1920

Billy (known in Britain as "Speedex"). For rollfilm 120. Agfa, 1926.

Afga Billy Record camera

Photographic Technology

1926

Box camera for 102 rollfilm 1 1/2 x 2 inches. Fitted with single lens of fixed aperture. T/I rotary shutter. On separate wooden panel. Circular finder. Flet film guides, no printing on metal flap. Covered in maroon leather. Eastman Kodak 1895.

The pocket Kodak camera (1st model)

Photographic Technology

1895

Collapsing camera for 105 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, sliding plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter T/I/ Two reflecting finders. Red bellows with plated parts. No. 65431. Eastman Kodak Co.

Folding pocket Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1897-1904

Box camera for 103 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures and a rotary shutter T/I. With two brilliant reflecting finders. Lever focusing operating on film chamber not lens. This camera was owned and used by Sir William Wilcocks, Aswan Dam builder and leading civil engineer. Eastman Kodak, 1899-1904.

No. 4 Bullseye Camera Model D

Photographic Technology

1899-1904

Folding camera for 118 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch. Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F:13cm f/6.3-45 No. 205315. Compound shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/250/B/T with cable release. Sliding focusing with preset stops. Screw rising, sliding cross front. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder with hood and spirit level. Back converted for autographic film marked 3 autographic Kodak. No. 72169-R. Eastman Kodak, 1914.

No 3 Folding Pocket Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1914

Self erecting folding camera for 120 film 2 1/4 x 3 1/4. Fitted with a achromatic lens, iris diaphragm numbers 1-4. Kodak number 0 shutter 25/50/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder, autographic back. No 181101. Eastman Kodak, 1925-1931.

No 1pocket Kodak Series II camera

Photographic Technology

1925-1931

Folding camera for 124 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch. Meniscus Achromat lens, US 8-64. Ball bearing shutter, 25/50/100/T/B with pneumatic release. Sliding focusing with preset 100 foot - 6 foot. Rotating reflecting finder on baseboard No 71184. Eastman Kodak.

No 3 folding Brownie camera Model D

Photographic Technology

1913

Collapsing camera for 105 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris nos 1-4, pocket automatic shutter I/B/T. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. Lens and shutter are on a 3 point bayonet fitting.No.160823. Eastman Kodak, 1907-1915.

No.1 folding pocket Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1907-1915

Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Meniscus lens, stops 1-4; ballbearing shutter 1/25, 1/50. Reflecting finder. No 380285.

Kodak No 1 Autographic Junior camera

Photographic Technology

Collapsing camera for 127 rollfilm 3 1/5 x 2 1/2 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, iris nos. 1-4, ball bearing shutter 25/50/B/T. Reflecting rotating brilliant finder. Black crackle finish. No. 1325804. Eastman Kodak. 1915-1926.

vest pocket autographic kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1915-1926

No 3 folding pocket camera for 118 roll film 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch. C.P. Goerz Doppel-Anastigmat lens series 111/0 F:120mm f/6.8-45. Bausch and Lomb Unicum shutter 1/2/5/25/50/100/B/T. Sliding focusing to 3 feet. Brilliant reflecting rotating finder. No 53937. The original lens panel has been replaced. Eastman Kodak Co, 1901.

No 3 folding pocket kodak model C

Photographic Technology

1901

Folding camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-64. Ball bearing shutter 25/50/B/T. Sliding focusing with clock stops. Brilliant rotating finder. 429694.

No 1 Autographic Kodak Junior camera Model A

Photographic Technology

1914-1924

Box camera for 120 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens of fixed aperture. Rotary shutter T/I. Two reflectings. Eastman Kodak.

No.2 cartridge hawkeye camera model B

Photographic Technology

Collapsing camera for 105 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens. Sliding plate with three apertures, T/I shutter, rotary type and two reflecting finders. Back modified for 120 rollfilm. No. 64052 Eastman Kodak, 1897-1904.

folding pocket kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1897-1904

Folding camera for 118 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128. Ball bearing shutter, 25/50/100/B/T. Rack and pinion rising front, sliding cross front. Sliding focusing with preset stops, brilliant rotating reflecting finder with hood and level. No 73705. Eastman Kodak, 1914-1945.

No 3 autographic Kodak model G

Photographic Technology

1914-1945

Plastic box camera for 620 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4"; meniscus lens; B/I shutter; DV optical finder.

Kodak Six-20 Bull's Eye camera

Photographic Technology