Greetings,
I have just received a lovely new 8x10 studio/portrait camera, a Christmas gift from my stepson (in cahoots with my bride). The camera has no nameplate nor other markings. Perhaps some of you can help identifiy it.
Here we see it in overview:
Specific feature details include:
1. The bed is not extensible nor foldable.
2. The rails are of triangular (rather than semicircular) cross-section.
3. Back tilt and swing are both by worm-and-sector mechnism, with brass knobs.
4. Focus is push-pull, with fine focus by a 3-start jackscrew, all knobs brass.
5. The back tilt pivot covers are diamond-shaped (rather than round as is common).
6. Retention of the top-level back layer (typically the "track" for a sliding back) is by two pegs about 1/4" in diameter into the bottom "window sill" and a pin into a single latch at the top with a long "horn" to lift it.
7. The lens board is 9" x 9", with the fin about 1/4" thick.
8. The lens board is retained by a fixed metal plate at the top and evidently a single turnpiece ("bowtie") at the bottom.
So far, the closest thing I have found to a camera with these design details is the studio (non-field) version of the J.W. Queen New Haven Reversible Back View Camera, made by Scovill Mfg. Co. in the era 1885-1890. You can see Brady's page on it here:
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/scovill/newhaven.htm
Thanks for any help anybody can give me on this.
Best regards,
Doug
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