Dallmeyer Speed folding plate camera.
Dallmeyer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1923 - 1930
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass, Textile
Measurements
Size closed 150 x 108 x 72 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524586
Summary
A Dallmeyer Speed folding plate camera. With frame finder. Metal body with black leather covering and metal details. Black leather bellows. Lens is Pentac f/2.9. There are two tripod bushes for horizontal and vertical use. Markings on inside of baseboard: Patent information and engraved: "Dallmeyer Speed Camera". Small metal plate on top of camera with "The Westminster Photographic Exchange Ltd, London".
Provenance
Part of 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
Dallmeyer , manufacturer