A camera that no longer exists, perhaps?

**Steven Tribe** · 10-Aug-2016, 02:57

Never heard of this one before I found it in the Kodak (UK, Kingsway, London) 1934 prof Catalogue.

A handheld full plate extreme wide angled camera "An unusual camera for unusual work".

Used a built-in Dallmeyer badged "Luc" shutter with a Zeiss Protar F18 lens.

The camera has flat surfaces for it to be able to held against walls, ceilings etc.

Perhaps too "Unusual" to have been sold in great quantities and to have survived?

**IanG** · 10-Aug-2016, 03:18

I've seen a couple Steven, there was one at Wolverhampton camera fair earlier this year. They are in the 1940 Kodak Ltd Professional Catalogue as well fitted with a 10cm f9 Dagor. I seem to remember a post on this Forum from someone who had one. Bill Barndt used one for his wide angle nude shots.

They weren't unique another company made a similar camera, it's listed in one of my pre-WWII BJP Almanacs.

Ian

**mdarnton** · 10-Aug-2016, 04:50

Not the same camera, but you might find this entertaining:
http://gizmodo.com/these-century-old...-jo-1518377754

**IanG** · 10-Aug-2016, 05:26

Originally Posted by mdarnton

Not the same camera, but you might find this entertaining:
http://gizmodo.com/these-century-old...-jo-1518377754

That's more like the advert I've seen for a fixed focus wide angle plate camera, I think it was sold by one of the lens manufacturers Wray, Dallmeyer or Ross. They were typically used by the police to record scenes of crime.

Ian