A Ruby reflex SLR camera
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
145 x 145 x 165 mm
Place of origin
Altrincham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524836.1
Summary
A Ruby reflex SLR camera taking 21/4 x 3 1/4 plates. The body is wooden covered with black leather and the mirror is operated by an external lever. The focusing screen has a leather folding hood beneath a metal cover. The bellows is black leather and focusing is by a rack and pinion. The lens plate is wood. The focal plans shutter has speeds to 1/1000 sec. The fixed lens is marked 'Hugo Meyer Co Gorlitz No 327574'. Other markings are not easily readable. There is a leather carrying handle. The body is stamped 3772.
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
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer