A Cameo stereo camera
Butcher and Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Wood, Leatherette, Leather, Glass
Measurements
185 x 210 x 160 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524729.1
Summary
A Cameo stereo camera with a folding bed and using 9 x 18 cm plates. The body is wooden covered with a black leatherette. The twin bellows are black leather and the fittings are chrome. The aluminium baseboard has a distance scale on an enamel panel. The lenses are marked 'Beck Symmetrical Lens' and have apertures f/8-f/45. The six speed shutter goes to 1/100 sec plus T and B. There are two viewfinders Frame and Brilliant in addition to a spirit level. The base of the camera has a tripod bush. At the rear is a removable ground glass screen with hood. Inside is stamped the serial no 78795. There is a leather carrying handle on the side. On the top a metal label that says 'The Cameo'.
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
Makers and roles
Butcher and Co., manufacturer