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All-Weather Press Camera

Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co.

Altrincham

England

Image of All-Weather Press Camera

Lens:
f4.5, 150 mm Dogmar, iris diaphragm to f36. Serial no. 417634 .

Shutter:
Ruby, focal plane, spring powered, speeds 1/15 - 1/1000. Speeds are regulated by varying the slit width. T and I settings.

Construction:
Leather covered wood body, pleated leather bellows.

Format:
3 ¼" x 4 ¼" plates held in double dark slides.

Focusing:
Helical to 2 metre.

Attributes:
Eye-level finder.

Movements:
Rise and cross front.

With:
Focusing screen. Case with Sands & Hunter label.

The All-Weather was fitted with pleated bellows from around 1923. At that time it was usually fitted with Dallmeyer, Ross or Zeiss lenses, optionally, it could be purchased without a lens. The lens on this example dates to the First World War period.

References & Notes:
Holliday, Thornton-Pickard Cameras & Equipment, p. 27. Reflex & Press Cameras, 1935.

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