A Busch Beecam Model B folding plate camera.
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1902
Materials
Wood, Chrome, Leather, Glass, Brass
Measurements
155 x 158 x 196 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524769.1
Summary
A Busch Beecam Model B folding plate camera. The body is wooden covered with dark brown leather and the fittings are chrome.The baseboard is polished wood and the lens mount slides along a chrome rail. The bellows is red leather and the lens mount has a rise facility. The Unicum shutter has five speeds plus B,T settings. There is a distance scale on the baseboard and a brilliant viewfinder which rotates. Apertures range f6-f45 and the lens is marked 'Buschs Detectiv Apllanat No 2 1/2 Foc 6.5 ins' The outside marking 'ROJA verm Emil Busch, Rathenow 34032'. The lens/shutter mount is brass. There is a carrying handle on the top of the camera and tripod mounts on base and side.
Provenance
Par 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
Emil Busch (1820 - 1888), manufacturer