A Kershaw Soho Model B camera
Kershaw-Soho Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1935
Materials
Bakelite, Chrome, Leather, Metal
Measurements
175 x 92 x 120 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525556.1
Summary
A Kershaw Soho Model B camera.The body is brown bakelite and the bellows is red leather. The four stuts are chrome and bracket holding the backplate are also chrome. The lens is fixed focus and the shutter is just I & T. There is a single brilliant finder. The lens panel says ' Model B Soho Ltd. London'. Insider the rear cover is 'Takes any standard film 21/4x31/4 inches or 6x9 cms.' Another box specifies ' Patent no. 330438/29 and others pending'.
Provenance
Donated to The Fox Talbot Museum by R. Budd.
Makers and roles
Kershaw-Soho Ltd, manufacturer