Microscope camera - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Microscope camera

John Browning

London

England

Image of Microscope camera

Lens:
None.

Shutter:
Internal flap shutter, hand operated.

Construction:
Polished mahogany body with brass tube for attaching to eye-piece. Finger joints. The tube is c. 1 ⅝" diameter.

Format:
2 ½" x 1 ⅝" plates.

Focusing:
None.

Notes:
Plaque on camera: John Browning Optician. Strand. London [The street number has been erased].

Microscope camera

John Browning

London

England

Lens:
None.

Shutter:
Internal flap shutter, hand operated.

Construction:
Polished mahogany body with brass tube for inserting into draw tube. Finger joints.

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

Focusing:
None.

Notes:
Plaque on camera: John Browning Optician. 78 Strand. London.

With:
1 double dark-slide.

Browning was a maker and retailer of scientific instruments. He occupied premises at 63 Strand and later 78 Strand.

These cameras were for attaching to a microscope or similar optical instrument. No lens was fitted, either they were to be used with a projection eye-piece or for low powered work with just an objective.


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