Pockam folding camera by Busch Camera Co, London.
Busch
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1898
Materials
Measurements
115 x 210 x 45 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524402
Summary
Pockam Model C folding camera by Busch Camera Co., London Main body of camera is metal with a leather covering. In addition to a glass reflex viewfinder there is a folding metal frame. Shutter has settings 1-1/100 sec plus T and B. The aperture setting is confusing showing marks for f45-f11, but then has a mark ‘27’ Lens mount has ‘R.O.J.A. verm Emil Busch. Rathene w’. There is also a patent reference on the outside of the lens (difficult to read) On the underside of the camera a label says ‘ Busch Camera Co., London. Pockham Model C’ Serial no 122741 Markings:‘Bausch & Lomb Optical Co, Rochester USA, Automat’ This is on a metal disc above the lens.
Provenance
Part of the The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Busch, manufacturer