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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: FrankStark on June 15, 2016, 01:42:36 pm

Title: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 15, 2016, 01:42:36 pm
Found it in an attic. It is 8 by 4 inches in size, and says "The Carbine" on a button.
Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: MattBurt on June 15, 2016, 01:45:20 pm
Looks like this (http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C455.html) is it.
Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 15, 2016, 01:49:26 pm
Another photo.
Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 15, 2016, 01:55:45 pm
MattB:
It looks similar, and has a similar name, but not as sophisticated as the camera you suggest. Thanks
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Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: MattBurt on June 15, 2016, 03:58:15 pm
Maybe an earlier version then? Looks fairly similar.
Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 15, 2016, 04:21:10 pm
I agree. It was likely my grandfather's and he died in 1917. This one doesn't have a hinge, just a sliding plate that covers the bellows. So perhaps 1910 or so? Interesting.

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Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: Simon J.A. Simpson on June 16, 2016, 05:12:22 pm
Could be this… ?

Carbine Camera Link 1 (http://malcolmchalmersphotography.weebly.com/sights-ive-seen-my-blog/the-british-carbine-with-dual-film-capabilities)
Carbine Camera Link 2 (http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=carbine)
Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 18, 2016, 07:27:35 pm
I think link 1 is almost exactly the same. Thanks very much.

I haven't attempted to explore it much. But your photo tells me more about it. Will try (gently) to unfold it, and look for serial numbers etc.

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Title: Re: Would appreciate help identifying this camera
Post by: FrankStark on June 20, 2016, 04:34:29 pm
I have confirmed that the camera is a Butcher 3a with Lukos No. 2 Shutter and Beck Symmetrical lens. It is pre-1917 because my grandfather prematurely died that year.
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