Lens:

Rapid Rectilinear.

Shutter:

Sands' Patent shutter, this is a combined shutter and diaphragm. It is either an instantaneous shutter with 8 variable speeds (marked 0 - 7), or a variable diaphragm marked 0 - 64 with the shutter set at B and the lens cap used to time the exposure. Spring powered, spring tension regulated, double guillotine type. Serial no. 1269.

Construction:

Spanish mahogany, dovetail joints, brass fittings. Leather bellows with square corners.

Format:

8 ½ " x 6 ½" plates held in double dark-slides.

Focusing:

Bellows. Double extension, rack and pinion (straight cut) movement to inner frame.

Attributes:

'Meagher' side support.

Movements:

Rise and cross front. Swing and tilt to back.

Serial Number:

351 .

Notes:

Address on plaque: Sands & Hunter. 20 Cranbourn St. London. W.C. Also on tripod.

With:

3 double dark-slides (1 - 6), two stamped '351' on edge, one stamped '352'.Tripod by S&H with top and screw.