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| image_text=<small>4x5 variant</small>
 
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[[Seneca]]'s '''Black Beauty''' was a very carefully made [[folding]] bed plate camera for use with 3&frac14;&times;5&frac12; inch postcard format film plates. Of course it was styled in black except some nicely chrome plated metal parts. The body was covered with black leather. Even the housing of the little turnable reflecting type viewfinder was lacquered carefully in black. The Black Beauty was a kind of luxury variant of a common plate camera. It was available in a quadratic variant with exchangeable back, allowing the user to switch from postcard format to 4x5 inch large format. Another version was made for 4x5 inch format. The cameras were offered in variants with different lens shutter equipment:
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[[Seneca]]'s '''Black Beauty''' is a [[folding]]-bed plate camera for use with 3&frac14;&times;5&frac12; inch postcard format film plates. Of course it is black, except for some chrome-plated metal parts. The body is covered with black leather. Even the housing of the little rotating reflecting-type viewfinder is lacquered in black. The Black Beauty was a kind of luxury variant of a common plate camera. It was available in a quadratic variant with exchangeable back, allowing the user to switch from postcard format to 4x5 inch large format. Another version was made for 4x5 inch format. The cameras were offered in variants with different lens shutter equipment:
 
# Simple [[lens]] in UNO [[shutter]] for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb).
 
# Simple [[lens]] in UNO [[shutter]] for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb).
 
# [[Convertible lens|Rapid Convertible]] 3&frac14;&times;5&frac12; inch lens for three focal lengths (6 1/4", 10 1/2", and 14 1/2") in [[Wollensak]] ''Regno'' shutter.
 
# [[Convertible lens|Rapid Convertible]] 3&frac14;&times;5&frac12; inch lens for three focal lengths (6 1/4", 10 1/2", and 14 1/2") in [[Wollensak]] ''Regno'' shutter.
  
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| image_text=<small>postcard format variant, loaded with Seneca film plate holder</small>
 
| image_text=<small>postcard format variant, loaded with Seneca film plate holder</small>
 
|image_by= Uwe Kulick
 
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==Links==
 
 
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| image_text=<small>4x5 variant, seen with a [[Seneca Chautauqua]]</small>
 
| image_text=<small>4x5 variant, seen with a [[Seneca Chautauqua]]</small>
 
|image_by= Uwe Kulick
 
|image_by= Uwe Kulick
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*[http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/seneca.html Black Beauty] on the Medium Format Photography Megasite [http://medfmt.8k.com]
 
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| image_text=imaging samples by Uwe Kulick,
 
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| image_text=this one on new Polaroid Type 100 "Chocolate"<br/>made by [[Impossible]]
 
 
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*[http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/seneca.html Black Beauty] on the Medium Format Photography Megasite [http://medfmt.8k.com]-->
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[[Category:Folding plate]]
 
[[Category:Folding plate]]
 
[[Category:Postcard format]]
 
[[Category:Postcard format]]
 
[[Category:Seneca|Black Beauty]]
 
[[Category:Seneca|Black Beauty]]
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[[Category:B]]
 
[[Category:US 4x5in folding]]
 
[[Category:US 4x5in folding]]
 
[[Category:1906-1910]]
 
[[Category:1906-1910]]

Latest revision as of 04:37, 12 June 2023

Seneca's Black Beauty is a folding-bed plate camera for use with 3¼×5½ inch postcard format film plates. Of course it is black, except for some chrome-plated metal parts. The body is covered with black leather. Even the housing of the little rotating reflecting-type viewfinder is lacquered in black. The Black Beauty was a kind of luxury variant of a common plate camera. It was available in a quadratic variant with exchangeable back, allowing the user to switch from postcard format to 4x5 inch large format. Another version was made for 4x5 inch format. The cameras were offered in variants with different lens shutter equipment:

  1. Simple lens in UNO shutter for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb).
  2. Rapid Convertible 3¼×5½ inch lens for three focal lengths (6 1/4", 10 1/2", and 14 1/2") in Wollensak Regno shutter.