Klimax Folding Bellows Camera

Made:
circa 1922 in London
maker:
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Company Limited

Klimax folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm, negative size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.Drop-front pull-out type with double extension bellows. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Beck Mutar Anastigmat F.6 Patent Series 11 No.12 lens mounted in a pneumatic Lukos 111 everset shutter, speeds 1 1/100sec B T. & C. With back ground-glass screen and waist-level viewfinder with spiritlevel attached. Of wood and metal construction covered in black leather. Houghton c.1922

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/549
Materials:
metal (unknown), wood (unidentified), leather and glass
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Three Metal Single Darkslides

Three Metal Single Darkslides

Three metal dark slides for the Klimax folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm, negative size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.oughton c.1922

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1979-559/549/1
type:
darkslide
Klimax Folding Bellows Camera

Klimax Folding Bellows Camera

Klimax folding bellows camera for plates or cutfilm, negative size 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.Drop-front pull-out type with double extension bellows. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Beck Mutar Anastigmat F.6 Patent Series 11 No.12 lens mounted in a pneumatic Lukos 111 everset shutter, speeds 1 1/100sec B T. & C. With back ground-glass screen and waist-level viewfinder with spiritlevel attached. Of wood and metal construction covered in black leather. Houghton c.1922

Measurements:
overall: 180 mm x 124 mm x 60 mm,
Materials:
glass , leather , metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/549/2
type:
plate camera