Introduced around 1890 in quarter-plate and 5" x 4" sizes. The earliest models in quarter-plate were fitted with a 5 ½" T.T.H. lens, after a short time a 5 ½" Ross Rapid Symmetrical was substituted. Other lenses were fitted and further improvements made in the following years. The rise and cross movements were not present on the early models, they are positioned close to the back of the camera rather than being a 'cross front' movement. Stereo and half-plate models were added in 1894, production ceased around 1898.

On this example the door to the changing box compartment is stamped '1896 pattern' .

The changing box is a conventional bag-type, the exposed plate is lifted by an arm at the side of the box and then placed at the back of the stack of plates which are held in sheaths. The lifting arm operates an exposure counter which locks after twelve exposures and is freed by a lever at the top of the box. The draw slide is pulled out from the bottom of the box through a slot in the base of the camera. Two large screws press the box to the focal plane.