Alpha hand camera
Revision as of 15:05, 16 December 2012 by Dustin McAmera (talk | contribs) (Floated picture right, added a little more text, and a ref to (I'm pretty sure) a tropical example at Westlicht. Made rights to image PD UK.)
|
| 1932 advertisement for the Alpha de luxe scanned by Nesster (Image rights) |
The Alpha is a quarter-plate folding hand camera, made from 1892 by Watson of Edinburgh and London. The de luxe model illustrated here was made from 1909. The camera is made from mahogany; some examples have black leather covering, and it has metal fittings. There is also a tropical model, with polished wooden body without leather covering, and red leather bellows.[1] The camera has a Watson Holostigmat lens and a Koilos shutter. It was made, and the specification refined, until the 1930s. As the advertisement states, by the 1930s, the camera has extensive movements, but even the early model shown at Westlicht has at least front rise and shift.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alpha hand camera with red leather, sold at the November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
