Folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheet film

Made:
1910
maker:
R and J Beck
and
Bausch and Lomb Inc

Folding bellows hand camera for plates or sheet film, negative size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4". Drop-front pull-out type with rack and pinion focusing, double extensions and rising front and side movement. Lens interchangeable but fitted with a R. J. Beck Ltd Isostigmar F.5.8 4, 75 inch f.1 lens in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter speeds 1sec to 1/100 sec B. & &T. Made of wood and metal with black leather cover. Base of polished mahogany with red leather bellows. c.1910

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/62
Materials:
wood (unidentified), metal (unknown), mahogany (wood), leather and glass
Measurements:
overall: 150 mm x 111 mm x 58 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection