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− | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. | + | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. Eves himself was a professional photographer, known for motor sport photography among other work.<ref name=J>[http://www.jarrotts.com/about/thephotographers.htm ''About the photographers''] at motor sports photography agents [http://www.jarrotts.com/index.htm Jarrotts]; Eves is described as 'arguably one of the greatest post-war motor racing photographers', and it is noted that he was an early user of colour.</ref><ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22685/lot/62/ Two of Eves' photographs] of racing driver Stirling Moss; lot 62 in the Summer Classic Sale ''Important Collectors' Automobilia, Motorcycles and Motor Cars'' by [https://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams], Oxford on 20 June 2015.</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. |
− | 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> | + | 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 Cooke 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 | + | *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 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 company closed in 1972 | + | 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> and Edward Eves died in 1999.<ref name=J/> |
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Edward Eves Limited was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. Eves himself was a professional photographer, known for motor sport photography among other work.[1][2] 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:[3]
- Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch[4]
- Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm)
The company closed in 1972,[5] and Edward Eves died in 1999.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About the photographers at motor sports photography agents Jarrotts; Eves is described as 'arguably one of the greatest post-war motor racing photographers', and it is noted that he was an early user of colour.
- ↑ Two of Eves' photographs of racing driver Stirling Moss; lot 62 in the Summer Classic Sale Important Collectors' Automobilia, Motorcycles and Motor Cars by Bonhams, Oxford on 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 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 Cooke 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 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.