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[[Seneca]]'s '''Black Beauty''' was a very carefully made [[folding]] bed plate camera for use with 3¼×5½ 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: | [[Seneca]]'s '''Black Beauty''' was a very carefully made [[folding]] bed plate camera for use with 3¼×5½ 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: | ||
* 1. simple [[lens]] in UNO [[shutter]] for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb). | * 1. simple [[lens]] in UNO [[shutter]] for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb). | ||
* or 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 | * or 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 | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 3 September 2009
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| 4x5 variant, seen with a Seneca Chautauqua |
Seneca's Black Beauty was a very carefully made folding bed plate camera for use with 3¼×5½ 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:
- 1. simple lens in UNO shutter for speeds I(nstant), T(Time) and B(ulb).
- or 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
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Links
- Black Beauty on the Medium Format Photography Megasite [1]
