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    Alex Timmermans
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    Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    I bought this camera and really would like to know more about it.
    It's a large format field camera.
    The ground glass measures 38 x 30.5 cm which is about 12x15"
    On a small ivory plate is written : The 1891 extra special patent.
    It looks like an English camera to me.

    Just for the size, the bottle is a 1 liter bottle.


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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    It's a Lancaster, missing the crank for extending the bed. I have one in whole plate; but mine is currently sans bellows.

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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Hi Alex

    yes, very much a Lancaster, namely a 'Special Brass Bound Instantograph', as shown here:-

    http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C549.html

    the movements on the front standard are interesting and differ from the one shown in the link

    regards

    andrew

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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Plume View Post
    Hi Alex

    yes, very much a Lancaster, namely a 'Special Brass Bound Instantograph', as shown here:-

    http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C549.html

    the movements on the front standard are interesting and differ from the one shown in the link

    regards

    andrew
    Hi Andrew,
    Close, but not close enough, sorry. Lancaster made a myriad of different looking models experimenting with weird hardware and equally wacky names to match. The camera in your link is yet another model in their lineup. But Alex's camera is a "Extra Special Patent", ... I know because I got the same (just in a different size, but with identical hardware).

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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Quote Originally Posted by big_ben_blue View Post
    Hi Andrew,
    Close, but not close enough, sorry. Lancaster made a myriad of different looking models experimenting with weird hardware and equally wacky names to match. The camera in your link is yet another model in their lineup. But Alex's camera is a "Extra Special Patent", ... I know because I got the same (just in a different size, but with identical hardware).
    Could you send me some pictures of the crank for extending the bed. I wanna look if i might be able to restore it. Thanks,Alex
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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Looks like a fancy big brother version of this one.....
    http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0022

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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Quote Originally Posted by alex from holland View Post
    Could you send me some pictures of the crank for extending the bed. I wanna look if i might be able to restore it. Thanks,Alex
    Alex, I'll try to dig mine out next week and do some pics (it's packed away in the "project" storage stack, and I'll have to finish an important deadline first). The crank is basically a small fold-up type. Lancaster used it on a few other models too, you may be able to find a few pics on the web too. A word of caution: there's a reason why those cranks have disappeared - they are utterly useless for efficient operation, mean they are S L O W to operate.

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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Lancaster was a big advertiser.
    This is a page showing the "extra special" which cost more than double the price of the other cameras in their range.

    Lancaster only advertised up to full plate in their ads.

    Lancaster, Salex, Rayment and London Stereoscopic all made this ULF size (i.e. seen on the bay!).
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    Re: Does anyone knows something about this large field camera?

    Thanks Steven!
    do you have a link of the listed camera on e..y? can't find it.

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