Half plate folding field camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900
Materials
Mahogany, Brass, Metal, Leather, Glass, Paint, Fabric, Ivory, Baize, Cardboard
Measurements
200 x 210 x 240 mm (open)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524723.1
Summary
Half plate folding field camera by unknown maker, with RR f/8 lens with cap, dated to approximately 1900. The camera is finely crafted from mahogany with dovetail joints, black leather bellows and brass screws. Screw attachment to baseboard for fixing to tripod. No maker's identification on any parts. Sliding lens board with two securing screws, removable or raisable lens plate, baseboard extends using finger screw. Plain glass focussing screen.
Full description
Folding field camera
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