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| − | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s.<ref>There was a successful photographer named Edward Eves working in Leamington Spa, known for motor sport photography among other work. It seems likely that the camera-maker was the same person.</ref> The company made one-shot colour-separation cameras, i.e. cameras in which the image-forming light is split into three parts to expose three monochrome plates simultaneously, each filtered through a red, blue or green filter. The three images are then combined in printing, to make a true colour image. Eves made cameras in two sizes:<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BjpAlmanac1954/bjpAlmanac1954#page/n623/mode/1up Advertisement for Eves cameras] in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at [https://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive]. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.</ref> | + | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s.<ref>There was a successful photographer named Edward Eves working in Leamington Spa, known for motor sport photography among other work. It seems likely that the camera-maker was the same person.</ref> The company made one-shot colour-separation cameras, i.e. cameras in which the image-forming light is split into three parts to expose three monochrome plates simultaneously, each filtered through a red, blue or green filter. The three images are then combined in printing, to make a true colour image. The camera bodies are cast in Elektron magnesium alloy. |
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| + | Eves made cameras in two sizes:<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BjpAlmanac1954/bjpAlmanac1954#page/n623/mode/1up Advertisement for Eves cameras] in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at [https://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive]. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.</ref> | ||
*Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch<ref>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=13&inO=681 Eves Blockmaster camera] with 8¼-inch f/8 Cooke Aviar Series II, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.AuctionList?inL=&inC=WLPA&inA=13&inWLPAAuctionType=AUCTION 13th Westlicht Photographica Auction] in June 2008.</ref> | *Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch<ref>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=13&inO=681 Eves Blockmaster camera] with 8¼-inch f/8 Cooke Aviar Series II, sold at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.AuctionList?inL=&inC=WLPA&inA=13&inWLPAAuctionType=AUCTION 13th Westlicht Photographica Auction] in June 2008.</ref> | ||
*Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm) | *Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm) | ||
| − | The | + | The company closed in 1972.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45593/supplement/1589/data.pdf ''London Gazette''] 8 February 1972, p1589, including Edward Eves Limited in a list of companies to be dissolved after a further three months.</ref> |
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Edward Eves Limited was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s.[1] The company made one-shot colour-separation cameras, i.e. cameras in which the image-forming light is split into three parts to expose three monochrome plates simultaneously, each filtered through a red, blue or green filter. The three images are then combined in printing, to make a true colour image. The camera bodies are cast in Elektron magnesium alloy.
Eves made cameras in two sizes:[2]
- Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch[3]
- Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm)
The company closed in 1972.[4]
Notes
- ↑ There was a successful photographer named Edward Eves working in Leamington Spa, known for motor sport photography among other work. It seems likely that the camera-maker was the same person.
- ↑ Advertisement for Eves cameras in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at Internet Archive. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.
- ↑ Eves Blockmaster camera with 8¼-inch f/8 Cooke Aviar Series II, sold at the 13th Westlicht Photographica Auction in June 2008.
- ↑ London Gazette 8 February 1972, p1589, including Edward Eves Limited in a list of companies to be dissolved after a further three months.
