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Contax S camera

Photographic Technology

1948

soho reflex camera, tropical model

Photographic Technology

c. 1923

Canon IIB camera

Photographic Technology

1950

Kine Exakta camera

Photographic Technology

1936

Olympus Pen F camera

Photographic Technology

1959-1969

R B Graflex camera, Series B

Photographic Technology

1924-33

Reflex Korelle camera. Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm. Schneider Radionar lens f:7.5cm, f2.9, Serial Number 1174589, screw mount fabric focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. Delayed action, lever window, frame finder. Overall (deployed): 150 mm x 140 mm x 100 mm.

Reflex-Korelle single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1935

Hasselblad 500C/M camera, 1978

Photographic Technology

1978

Exa camera

Photographic Technology

1950

Leica I 35mm SLR camera with carrying case, c 1931

Photographic Technology

1926-1936

Single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Nikko-S Auto lens F:5cm f/2 Serial No 542635; with lens cap 'Nippon Kogaku Tokyo 52mm Patent Pending'; focal plane shutter 1-1/1000 sec. delayed action; pentaprism/meter head, coupling to shutter setting and aperture; match needle in finder and on prism top; set shutter; adjust aperture no. 480256; Camera Serial no. 6451677.

Nikon F camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat series XI lens no 123826 F: 6 1/4 inch f/3.5-16. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Shutter released by mirror raising knob, rotating back with Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor. Ground glass focusing screen with depp hood. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Single lens refelx camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Zeiss Tessar lens F50mm f/2.8 Serial No 5116670. Fabric focal plane shutter 1/2 - 1/500 sec. Waistlevel refelx focusing with magnifier and sports frame finder. 2 coaxial flash sockets. No 279920.

Praktica FX 3 camera

Photographic Technology

Solid body single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24 x 36mm. Fitted with a Scneider Kreuznach Retina Xenon coated lens F: 50mm f/2-22 Serial No 5116148. Synchro-compur shutter Serial No 2813011. Front cell interchangeable for wide andle or telephoto elements. Helical focusing. Reflex viewing, ground glass screen incorporating split image rangefinder. X and M synchronisation delayed action. Depth of field scale. Film type scale on rewind knob. Accessory show. Lever wind. Photoelectric meter built in. Calibrated for EV scale, DIN and ASA Serial No.87307. Hot Shoe fitting. Kodak AG 1956-1958.

Kodak Retina Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1956-1958

Reproduction of prototype Leica, 1913. Lens 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 00.

Reproduction of prototype Leica, 1913.

Photographic Technology

1913

Polaroid Vision Auto-Focus SLR camera, produced 1993-1997. Type 500 film. 107mm f/12 lens; built-in flash; electronic shutter 1/4 - 1/180 sec; built-in self-timer.

Polaroid Vision Auto-Focus SLR camera

Photographic Technology

1993-1997

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F:15cm f/4.5-36 No. 315104. Fabric focal plane shutter 15/30/60/150/350/1000/T slit and tension adjustable. Reflex ground glass focusing screen with deep collapsing hood. Rack and pinion focusing to 18 inches. Reversible back. Folding optical frame finder added. Sliding and rising front. ICA AG Dresden.

Ica Reflex Plate Camera

Photographic Technology

1910-1925

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

Photographic Technology

1921-1931

Adams, Minex De Luxe single lens reflex camera, for 5x4" plates. Tessar lens F.180mm; f.4.5-32. Focal plane shutter 8/16/32/64/100/150/250/350/500/1000/B/T. Double extension bellows, rack focussing; rack rising front. 2 pairs flash contact sockets. With three wood and metal double darkslides. In damaged leather case. Built-in spirit level.

Adam's Minex De Luxe camera

Photographic Technology

1909

Soho Reflex camera, single lens refelx camera for 4x5 inch plates; Air Ministry lens (A. M. above crown), F:8", f2.9 lens, Serial Number 161354; focal plane fabric shutter; rack and pinion focussing.

Soho Reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1920-1940

Thornton-Pickard special Ruby Reflex Camera. Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" plates. The lens is Cooke Anastigmat lens (T.T.H. Ltd), F:5 3/4", f/4.5 - 16 84512 front. Ground glass focussing screen with collapsing hood with TP film-pack adaptor, rear focusing screen, 12 single metal darkslides. In fitted cased with instructions (filed). M3722

Thornton-Pickard special Ruby Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

NIkon FM2 camera, serial number N7773152 with Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4 D lens, serial number 4613991. Also with camera strap and three instruction manuals, 1983-1985.

NIkon FM2 camera, c 1984

Photographic Technology

1983-1985

Olympus OM-2N camera body only, with plastic lens cover but no lens. Serial No 706726.

Olympus OM-2N Camera

Photographic Technology

1975-1979

Ensign rollfilm reflex camera, 2 1/4b anstigmat model, made by G. Houghton, London. Single lens reflex camera for 8 on 120 film. TT and H Luxor anstigmat lens No.119322. F.7.7-32; T/I shutter - separate release buttons. Rack and pinion focussing to 6'. Ground glass reflex screen with tall collapsible hood. (M1820)

Ensign rollfilm reflex camera, 2 1/4b anstigmat model

Photographic Technology

1926

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Bausch and Lomb rapid rectilinear lens US 4-128. Rack and pinion focusing, scissor shutter, capping lens when fully retracted. Exposure times 2/5/25/100. Effected by hinged mirror plate and base plates. Reflex viewing screen with deep hood. Eastman Kodak, 1908-1909.

Premograph camera

Photographic Technology

1908-1909

Spinney 35mm camera (24x36mm), Fujiyama Eminent Color lens F50mm f2.8 Serial No 56481, Serial No 45630. Identical to 1990-5036/5010.

Spinney camera

Photographic Technology

1956

Miroflex camera, c 1928. Collapsing single lens reflex camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates/ Fitted with a Zeiss Tessar lens F:13.5cm f/4.5-45, No.842964. Fabric focal plane shutter 3/5/7/20/35/50/100/175/250/350/500/1000/2000/B/T. Helical focusing. Mirror reflex viewing, reflex folds down into camera body when shut. Sliding cross front. Wire frame finder with ground glass screen. Zeiss Ikon. Overall (deployed): 155 mm x 175 mm x 160 mm.

Miroflex camera

Photographic Technology

1923-1933

Butcher's Reflex Carbine camera. Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 3 1/4". Aldis Uno Anastigmat lens F:4.25, f7.7-32. Single speed shutter. No. B 45386. (M2772)

Butcher's Reflex Carbine camera

Photographic Technology

1926

Single lens reflex camera for 5 x 4 inch plates. No lens. Fitted with a focal plane shutter with six tensions and 11 widths. 66 speeds from 1/2 second - 1/1300. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing. With a reflex focusing screen with deep folding hood. Hinged access to ground glass. Rotating back with focussing. No. 15242. A. E. Staley and Co. c.1908.

The Royal reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1906-1908

R B Graflex Junior camera. Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch plates. No lens. With a focal plane shutter, adjustable for 6 tensions, 4 slit widths, /10-/1000sec. Rack and pinion focusing. Reflex focusing screen with deep hood. Rotating back. 1914-1924. Manufactured by Folmer and Schwing Division, Eastman Kodak Co. Overall: 310 mm x 125 mm x 250 mm. With filmpack 1990-5036/2843/2 attached.

RB Graflex junior camera, 1914-1924

Photographic Technology

1914-1924

Quarterplate reflex camera; focussing to 152; sliding rising front, Aldis-Butcher Anastigmatic F:5.75" f4.5-23, covered by lensflap/sunshade. Focal plane shutter 15/30/60/150/350/1000/t. Direct and reflex groundglass focussing screens.

Butcher's Pressman Single Lens Reflex Camera

Photographic Technology

1909-1926

Retinette 1A camera type 044 with Prontor 300S shutter.

Retinette 1A camera Type 044

Photographic Technology

1963-1966

Multiple metering system. Computensed 3 motor control. Serial No 1003590. Lens cap. Canon lens FD 50mm 1;2, Serial No 193483.

Canon T90 camera

Photographic Technology

1986-1998

Canon A1 camera body wired to Digital viewfinder display, c.1983

Canon A1 Camera Body Wired to Digital Viewfinder Display

Photographic Technology

c. 1983

Single lens reflex camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch film packs. Fitted with a Taylor Taylor Hobson Cooke anastigmat series XI lens no 123826 F: 6 1/4 inch f/3.5-16. Sliding rising front, rack and pinion focusing, focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Shutter released by mirror raising knob, rotating back with Thornton Pickard film pack adaptor. Ground glass focusing screen with depp hood. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Thornton-Pickard "Professional" single lens reflex camera with plates.

Thornton-Pickard 'Professional single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Kodak Retinette 1B (Type 037). Serial No's 50596 and E45800. Reomar lens 1:2.8/45mm. Rodenstock Prozno-LK shutter, 2.8, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 22.

Kodak Retinette 1B (Type 037)

Photographic Technology

1959-1963

Retinette 1A camera type 044 with Prontor 250S shutter.

Retinette 1A camera Type 044 with Prontor 250S shutter.

Photographic Technology

1963-1966

Van Neck camera of Antwerp; one of the first single lens reflex cameras, 1891.

Van Neck single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

1891

Petri VI (Petrie V6) camera. SLR camera for 35mm film 24x36mm, Body only (see 1990-5036/6527 and 1990-5036/6528). FP shutter 1/2-500 secon.; delayed action. ERC. With leather camera case. Overall: 94 mm x 140 mm x 55 mm.

Petri VI camera - body only

Photographic Technology

1960-1969

Hasselblad Camera 500 C model introduced 1957, camera number CE38806. Film back no. TE140092

Hasselblad Camera 500 C model, introduced 1957

Photographic Technology

1957-1970

Hasselblad 500C camera, complete, c. 1964.

Hasselblad 500C Camera

Photographic Technology

1957-1970

Asahi Pentax S1a SLR camera. Single lens reflex camera for 35mm film 24x36mm; Asahi Super-Takumar lens f:55, f/2; Serial No 1174816; automatic diaphragm option; focal plane shutter 1-1/500 sec. (slow speeds faulty); microprism focusing screen; instant return mirror, Serial No 662890.

Asahi Pentax S1a camera

Photographic Technology

1963-1971

Single lens reflex camera for 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with a Taylor-Hobson cooke anastigmat lens F:5 inches f/4.5-16 No. 134 314. Focal plane shutter 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/100/T/ Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing. Reflex ground glass screen with folding hood. Patent No. 6238.12. Revolving back. With ground glass screen holder and a single metal darkslide. Sold by W.H. Tomkinson, 81 Dale Street, Liverpool. Thornton-Pickard.

Thornton-Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Ful-Vue Super. Ross-Ensign Ltd. 1955.

Ful-Vue Super, 1955

Photographic Technology

1955

'Ful-Vue Super' camera by Ross Ensign in ever ready leather case, c. 1955.

'Ful-Vue Super' camera in case, c 1960

Photographic Technology

1955-1965

Quarterplate reflex camera; focussing to 152; sliding rising front, Aldis-Butcher Anastigmatic F:5.75" f4.5-23, covered by lensflap/sunshade. Focal plane shutter 15/30/60/150/350/1000/t. Direct and reflex groundglass focussing screens. 12 metal darkslides. In leather case.

Pressman single lens reflex camera

Photographic Technology

Canon EOS 1000 SLR camera in case.

Canon EOS 1000 SLR camera in case

Photographic Technology

Canon AL1 camera body wired to viewfinder display, c.1983

Canon AL1 Camera Body Wired to Viewfinder Display

Photographic Technology

Single lens reflex camera for plates 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Dallmeyer Serrac lens F: 8 1/2 inches, f/4.5-32 No.155975. Focal plane shutter, (faulty). 10/15/25/50/75/100/150/200/300/500/1000/T. Reflex focusing screen with deep folding hood (patent applied for 29040/1923.) Rack and pinion focusing, sliding rising front. Reversible. Thornton Pickard.

Thornton Pickard junior special reflex camera

Photographic Technology