Klimax folding plate camera.
Butcher’s
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Metal, Leather, Textile, Glass, Plastic
Measurements
Closed size 215 x 160 x 60 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524784
Summary
Klimax folding plate camera by W. Butcher & Sons, London. For plate size 4¾" x 6½". Metal body covered in black leather. Black leather bellows. Black leather handle. Aldis Uno Anastigmat f/7.7 lens and Lukos shutter and release cable. Large reflecting rotating brilliant finder. Rear of camera is broken - viewing hood no longer attaches.
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’s, manufacturer