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Expanding Cameras
The catalogue said that this camera was adapted for
portraits by the Collodion or Daguerreotype processes.
The camera was sold in twelve different
models, with backs 5ins square, 6ins square, 8ins square and 10ins square, some
with a choice of lens:
The cheapest:
£1 7s 6d
Mahogany
French-polished camera, with single back 5ins square, with two loose
frames for plates 4.25ins x 3.25ins and 3.25ins x 2.75ins.
The most expensive: £11 10s 0d
Mahogany
French-polished camera, with single back 10ins square, with three loose
frames for plates 8.5ins x 6.5ins, 6ins x 5ins and 5ins x 4ins, ground
focusing glass &c. Fitted with a foreign lens. |
