A field camera using half plate size images
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1890
Materials
Measurements
185 x 230 x 310 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524721.1
Summary
A field camera using half plate size images. The body is mahogany and there are brass fittings. The base is held in position by a mahogany bracket, indicating British manufacter but there are no markings to identify the maker. The bellows is red leather and there is a leather carrying handle. The lens plate has rise and shift facilties and the lens is screw mounted. The lens itselt is mounted in brass: it has no markings but is similar to one from Darlot of Paris. It has no aperture control and has a brass cap. Focussing is on a ground glass screen which hinges
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