The Challenge Camera and Darkslides

Made:
circa 1902 in Glasgow
maker:
J Lizars, J

'The Challenge' a collapsible folding bellows hand or stand camera for negatives 5 x 4". With rack and pinion focusing. With brilliant optcial waist-level viewfinder with a rotating mask. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilinear lens F.8 approx, 5", f.1 mounted in a Bausch & lomb pneumatic shutter, speeds 1 1/100 sec B. & T. Has wooden lid to protect back ground-glass screen. Of mahogany with brass fittings.J, Lizars, c.1902.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/608
Materials:
mahogany (wood), wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 165 mm x 60 mm,
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Three Bookform Double Darkslides

Three Bookform Double Darkslides

Three book form double dark slides. J Lizars, c.1902

Measurements:
overall: 170 mm x 130 mm x 20 mm,
Object Number:
1979-559/608/1
type:
darkslide
The 'Challenge' Collapsible Folding Bellows Hand or Stand Camera for Negatives 5 x 4"

The 'Challenge' Collapsible Folding Bellows Hand or Stand Camera for Negatives 5 x 4"

'The Challenge' a collapsible folding bellows hand or stand camera for negatives 5 x 4". With rack and pinion focusing. With brilliant optical waist-level viewfinder with a rotating mask. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilinear lens F.8 approx, 5", f.1 mounted in a Bausch & lomb pneumatic shutter, speeds 1 1/100 sec B. & T. Has wooden lid to protect back ground-glass screen. Of mahogany w...

Measurements:
overall: 165 mm x 165 mm x 60 mm,
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , mahogany (wood) , glass , wood (unidentified) and tin (metal)
Object Number:
1979-559/608/2
type:
plate camera