Goerz Anschutz folding hand camera, with f4.5 Dogmar lens and ground glass screen backplate.
Goerz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1905 - 1926
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass
Measurements
180 x 185 x 175 mm (open)
Place of origin
Berlin
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524773.1
Summary
A Goertz Anschutz folding hand camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates, with f 4.5 Dogmar lens.The camera is made of wood with a black leather finish and bellows, and is of folding strut design. It has an Anschutz focal plane shutter, with external controls on the side plate for setting the slit width and rouleau speed. The lens board has knurled knobs allowing front rise and shift. The camera is fitted with a folding Newton finder, a leather hand grip, and has a black leather lens cap. Markings; "C.P. Goerz Berlin" on the side plate "C.P. Goerz Berlin Dogmar 1:4.5 F=15cm 556588 D.R.P" on the lens A plate with shutter speed guidance is attached next to the finder. Serial no. 45299 stamped on the camera body (inside) next to the shutter. "Ottomar Anschutz Lissa Posen" written in red on the focal plane shutter
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
Goerz , manufacturer