A falling-plate magazine box camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass
Measurements
190 x 110 x 240 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524872
Summary
A falling-plate magazine box camera, containing 12 metal plate holders within the magazine mechanism in the back of the camera. Wooden body covered with black leather and a black leather handle. Rear door opens by sliding metal catch. Spring inside rear door. Two tripod bushes. Two brilliant finders - one on side and one on top. Lever in front panel enables lens to be pulled forward. Rapid rectilinear f/11 lens. Lens cover is hinged metal slide which swings across opening inside front door panel. Manufacturer unknown. No markings.
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.