Help identifying camera

[Steven Tribe]

And here are two camera series sold by Voigtlander at the turn of the century by unknown makers. Poor image to respect copyright!

The other photos show off the brasswork on the other camera I have of this type.

[DavidW]

Thank you very much! They almost look exactly like mine! Also thank you for the back plate pictures. Really is going to help a lot when making my own

[Emil Schildt]

I have a smaller version of this camera with the same types of cassettes...
I can take some snaps of the back, if you need something to make your own out from...

[Emil Schildt]

here you go - slight different than Stevens..

[Steven Tribe]

Here is another version of Emils sliding back example designed for tambour square plate holders. The plate holders are placed directly in a square "hole" so only tambour types can be used. This one is for 18x24cm but can be used down to halfplate sizes. You can see that the conversion down to plate size is in place for more economic studio use! I think I have the 24x30 size somewhere? Yes, the GG is missing, quite common on these bulky sliding backs.
The text is french, which gives support to the common nation that these sorts of backs with tambour plate holder were a french speciality, but the cameras were German made.

Sorry but all images are upside down!

[DavidW]

Thank you very much Emil and Steven!
Really cool that they were slid left and right! Had no idea. That is perry crazy stuff
I was toying with the idea of having the GG swing out to make place for the film holder, but I like the sliding version more A bit more work though, but authentic
Thanks again guys

[Steven Tribe]

Could you measure up the hole in the back and I can check whether I have something that would fit? At least it would provide you with a better idea of what to look for, or as a template. The fixing device at the top isn't shown on photos so far, but the bottom "rail" is pretty standard.

[DavidW]

Here are some pictures


Size of the back is width:563mm hight:573mm depth: 24ish mm
Size of the film holder is hight:358mm (up to the larger top piece that extends in all dimensions) width:353mm thickness:37mm

Would love to buy a back from you if you have one

Also on the second picture, the rod with the little handles on it just underneath the back there. I have no clue as to what function it has. It can swing 90° upwards, but that is it. Any ideas?

[Steven Tribe]

And the internal opening in the rear standard is?

[DavidW]

Visuals makes things a bit easier: