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Metadata
Catalog Number |
6914-1 |
Object Name |
Camera, Folding |
Collection |
HISTORY |
Year Range from |
1928 |
Year Range to |
1934 |
Description |
Zeiss/Icon Orix 308/7 10x15cm plate camera. Carl Zeiss Jena Nr 1307568 Tessar 1:45 f = 16.5 cm lens. Front standard has rising/falling and shift adjustments. Compur shutter with1/2/5/10/25/50/100/150/B/T. Double extension bellows. Folding brilliant reflex finder, rotating with spirit level. Rack and pinion focussing. Ground glass screen with folding hood Black; pressed into leather front: "ZEISS/IKON"; pressed mear strap: "ORIX 308/1" or 308/4 o; camera imprinted: "Carl Zeiss Jena Nr 1307568 Tessar 1:45 f = 16.5 cm / COMPUR / 704135 / Made in Germany" 01/08/2008 email, George Eastman House curator Todd Gustavson: He checked the McKeown guide for the camera and identified it as a 10 x 15 cm generic folding camera, dated from 1928-1934. He thought Hine probably used this camera in the late 1930s. 06/4/01, email from Nigel Russell, Sotheby's NY, date is about 1931. 05/30/01, telephone conversation with Todd Gustavson, George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography & Film, date range: 1928-1934. See object folder. Reference: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Orix http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co8203347/orix-308-folding-bellows-camera-folding-bellows-camera |
Material |
Metal/Leather/Glass |
People |
Hine, Lewis Wickes |
Search Terms |
German |
Height (in) |
2.500 |
Used |
Hine, Lewis Hine |
Width (in) |
6.000 |