ANTIQUE MAHOGANY BELLOWS CAMERA WITH BRASS LENS AND ACCORDION BELLOWS

Item Size: Height: 50cm, Width: 50cm, Depth: 50cm, Weight: 30Kg

Late 19Th Century Wooden Field Camera Featuring Mahogany Construction With Brass-Mounted Lens, Extendable Accordion Bellows, And Ground Glass Focusing Screen. Includes Multiple Dark Slides For Plate Film. Portable Design With Wooden Base Platform And Brass Hardware Fittings.

Purchased from the son of a photographer, Darryn associated this camera with the golden age of Hollywood portraiture and classic celebrity photography.
He described the image quality of these cameras as unmatched: “Digital still can’t compete with negatives from that camera.”
For Darryn — whose career was built on photographing celebrities — the camera represented the romance and craftsmanship of old-school photography before the digital era transformed the industry.


Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

3004+16

Location of item: VIC, Australia

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