Ratheon Stereo folding plate camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Leather, Glass, Textile
Measurements
Closed size 135 x 160 x 50 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524726.1
Summary
Ratheon Stereo folding plate camera. Metal body covered in black leather. Black leather single bellows, tapered in shape. Rear flap with viewing hood and ground glass screen. Black metal lens board. Brilliant finder. Flip-up viewfinder on top. Tripod bush on base. Black leather handle. AGC Pronto shutter. Two Laack Rathenow normal polynar lenses, f/6.8, 10.5 cm.
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