Kamera-Werkstatten (K.W.) Patent Etui thin folding plate hand camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1921 - 1938
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass, Textile
Measurements
Closed size 185 x 115 x 45 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524588
Summary
Kamera-Werkstatten (K.W.) Patent Etui thin folding plate hand camera, for 9 x 12 cm exposures. The body is metal with a black leather covering. Metal detailing. Black leather handle. Xenar f/4.5 lens, Jos. Schneider & Co., Kreuznach No. 211248. Compur shutter. Black leather bellows. Tall lensboard with integrated brilliant finder with spirit level. Frame finder. Markings: Manufacturer's plate affixed above bellows: "Kamera-Werkstatten D.R.P., D.R.G.M. Dersden, A.1." Embossed in leather on outside back of case: "KW".
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.