The Key Camera

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1890 in London
maker:
Platinotype Co Ltd

The Key camera. Manufactured by the Platinotype Co. For 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 plates. Box form magazine camera. RR type lens F.6". No aperture adjustment. Double V shutter with uncalibrated tensioning screw for varying speed. Screw focussing. Shoes for clip-on viewfinder (missing) with two spirit levels.. Special Key plate carrier contains two unmounted plates in turn allowed to fall into slots at camera back, returning to carrier after exposure.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/332
Measurements:
overall: 134 mm x 105 mm x 205 mm,
type:
magazine plate camera
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford