A miniature folding plate camera from an unknown manufacturer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1912
Materials
Glass, Chrome, Leather
Measurements
98 x 57 x 88 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524667
Summary
A miniature folding plate camera from an unknown manufacturer. The body is metal covered with black leatherette and four chrome collapsible struts support the lens panel. The bellows is black leather. There are three aperture settings f8,11, s22. It has a sliding metal lens cap attached to the viewfinder. There is a ground glass screen but no apparent means of focussing. The plate size is 45x60 mm and there is an accompanying plate (complete with film) There are no markings to indicate the origin.
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