Stereo Vesta - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Stereo Vesta

1911

Adams & Co.

London

England

Image of Stereo Vesta

Lens:
Two, f6.3, 12 cm Zeiss Tessar lenses, iris diaphragm to f32. Serial no. 247151 247152 (c.1913).

Shutter:
Compound, speeds 1 - 1/150, B, T. Serial no. 212583.

Construction:
Leather covered metal body, leather bellows. Pleated cloth septum.

Format:
Two, 2 ⅝" x 3 ¼" images on 5 ½" x 3 ½" plate held in double dark-slides.

Focusing:
Bellows to 4 feet, scale to 2 yards.

Attributes:
Identoscope brilliant view-finder with parallax correction to rising front. Single bellows with septum.

Movements:
Rising front.

Serial Number:
960 .

Notes:
Address on camera and case: Adams & Co. 122 Wigmore Street. London. W. (1932 - 1944). This must have replaced the original label when repaired or sold as second-hand.

With:
Hooded focusing screen. 3 book-form double dark-slides (1 - 4, 7/8). Cable release marked RFH. Adams fitted case.

The price in 1911 was £27.0.0.

References & Notes:
BP 11670/1905 (finder). Vesta models. BJA 1911, pp. 276, 700. BJA 1912, p. 290.


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