Zeiss Ikon Miroflex B SLR Plate Camera
Zeiss Ikon
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1929 - 1939
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass
Measurements
(Camera closed)120 x 165 x 75 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524833.1
Summary
Zeiss Ikon Miroflex B SLR Plate Camera A folding SLR for plates. A wooden body covered in black leather with carrying strap on side made of black leather with provision for handle on top. A strut folding press camera with a focal plane shutter with cross movement but no rise. The bellows are open at the top, capped with a ground glass and a folding viewing hood. Inside the bellows is the reflex mirror, which swings up out of the way and caps the top of the bellows during exposure. The mirror can be left up, and there is space for viewing hood, which can be folded down, to create a press camera. A wire frame finder pushes down into the camera when not in use. The top plate and mirror all fold inside the body for storage when the camera is closed to create a folded camera. . The handle at the base of the lens allows to the front to be pulled forward. Tripod bushes on left hand side and base. Lens . Tessar f165/4.5 Markings :- Miroflex embossed in leather on top of the camera Zeiss ikon embossed in the leather on the back of the camera.
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
Zeiss Ikon, manufacturer