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− | The '''British Ferrotype Company''' was a camera maker based in Blackpool, England, making the '''Telephot''' [[magazine camera]]s for miniature [[ferrotype]] plates, from ca. 1905 to 1915. | + | The '''British Ferrotype Company''' was a camera maker based in Blackpool, England, making the '''Telephot''' [[magazine camera]]s for miniature [[ferrotype]] plates, from ca. 1905 to 1915. The metal-bodied camera is shaped like a telescope. It uses ¾" ferrotype plates. After each exposure, the exposed plate is released to fall into the developing tank below the camera. The unexposed plates are held in a magazine behind the exposure position, and pushed forward by a spring. The Telephot has simple gun-sights as a viewfinder. |
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+ | Cameras of the same general type were also made by Romain Talbot in Berlin, and by the [[Chicago Ferrotype Company]]; both of these, however, use 1" plates. | ||
===Cameras=== | ===Cameras=== | ||
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===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
− | * [http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=470063 Telephot | + | * [http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=470063 Telephot button camera] at Christie's |
+ | * [https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=14919&_ssl=off#14919 Telephot] sold at the [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=13884&acat=13884&offset=1&lang=3 November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction]. | ||
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] |
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The British Ferrotype Company was a camera maker based in Blackpool, England, making the Telephot magazine cameras for miniature ferrotype plates, from ca. 1905 to 1915. The metal-bodied camera is shaped like a telescope. It uses ¾" ferrotype plates. After each exposure, the exposed plate is released to fall into the developing tank below the camera. The unexposed plates are held in a magazine behind the exposure position, and pushed forward by a spring. The Telephot has simple gun-sights as a viewfinder.
Cameras of the same general type were also made by Romain Talbot in Berlin, and by the Chicago Ferrotype Company; both of these, however, use 1" plates.
Cameras
- Telephot button camera
Links
- Telephot button camera at Christie's
- Telephot sold at the November 2002 Westlicht Photographica Auction.