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Unknown Field Camera 8
8 x 10
Date Introduced: - ;
Years Manufactured: c. 1890
Construction: front focus
via push-pull, no gears and friction hold only, single swing;
reversing by removable body
Materials: mahogany body, hardwood base,
black fabric; brass hardware
Sizes Offered: 8x10 (illustrated);
Notes: This camera, although apparently
manufactured, is a rip-off of the E.&H.T. Anthony
Novel and
Novellette design, in which the entire back of the camera is removed
and the bellows rotates. In this case, however, the front must
also be removed (by unscrewing the two rising front thumbscrews).
The front, therefore, is symmetrical and square, in order to work either
way. The photos above illustrate the vertical format
configuration, which leaves the lens board hardware to the sides rather
than top and bottom. The front standard can swing somewhat, due to
play in the thin brass fixtures that hold it, a feature that may not
have been intended. It came with a Blair holder, and the round lens
board retaining hardware is reminiscent of darkslide retaining hardware
on the holder, but it is probably not a Blair product.
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