Billcliff plate camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- Made:
- 1895 in Manchester
- maker:
- Billcliff and Sons
Folding stand camera for 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch plates. Fitted with an Aldis NO. 4 lens F:10 inches f/6-64 No. 12360. Thornton Pickard Time and Inst. Roller blind shutter 15/25/40/60/80/T, with cable release. Sliding rising front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Tapered bellows and swing front and back. Pendulum level with a rotating back, ground glass screen and a built in royalty tripod head with legs. Billcliff.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2261
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), leather and glass
- type:
- plate camera and stand camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Parts
Billcliff plate camera focusing cloth
Three wooden bookform double darkslides
Billcliff Plate Camera
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , leather , metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2261/5
- type:
- plate camera and stand camera