The Challenge' folding bellows hand camera

Made:
circa 1910 in Glasgow
maker:
J Lizars, J

'The Challenge' folding bellows hand camera. Drop-front type with rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hoson lens F.7 5" f.1 mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic shutter, speeds 1sec to 1/100sec B. & T. With brilliant waist-level viewfinder attached to base board. Of mahogany with brass fittings. J Lizars c.1910

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/43
Materials:
mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection