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The '''Universal-Detektiv-Camera''' is [[Goldmann|R. A. Goldmann]]'s most characteristic camera model. It is a wooden-bodied bellows camera for hand-held use, with a reflex viewfinder (probably a [[Viewfinder#Watson finders|Watson]] type), sold in sizes for 9×12cm or 13×18cm plates, held in wooden dark-slides. By 1896, 2800 pieces had already been sold.

The device below the lens in the illustration is the controls for an adjustable behind-the-lens shutter.<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/A.Goldmann-Sohn-Detectiv-Camera/AI-20-13002 13×18 cm (5×7 inch) Goldmann Detektiv Kamera] sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-20/ 20th Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 12 November 2011. This example has a 25 mm [[Steinheil]] Gruppen Antiplanet lens fitted (25 mm is the ''diameter'', not the focal length). Several excellent photographs.</ref> In hand-held use, the camera is focused with a scale mounted on the top of the rear body (just visible in the illustration) which indicates the position of the front standard with a pointer, linked to a rack-and-pinion mechanism. The camera could also be used as a view camera, with ground-glass focusing. It has front rise.


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* [https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2453876_897-goldmann-s-detective-camera-9-x-12-cm-c-1890 9×12 cm Detektiv-Camera] sold in September 2006 by [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/auctioneer/auctionteambreker Auction Team Breker] in Cologne.


[[Category:Detective cameras]]
[[Category: 13x18]]
[[Category: 9x12]]
[[Category:U|Universal-Detektiv-Camera Goldmann]]
[[Category:Austria]]
[[Category:1890-1899]]