Difference between revisions of "J. Lizars Challenge"
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*Year of launch: ca. 1905 | *Year of launch: ca. 1905 | ||
*Film: 3¼ × 4¼“ plates (8×10cm) | *Film: 3¼ × 4¼“ plates (8×10cm) | ||
− | *Lens: original lens might have been a [[Ross]] Rapid | + | *Lens: original lens might have been a [[Ross]] Rapid Symmetrical 8/5“ |
*Shutter: original shutter was of [[Bausch & Lomb]] | *Shutter: original shutter was of [[Bausch & Lomb]] | ||
*Viewfinder: reflecting type | *Viewfinder: reflecting type |
Revision as of 20:31, 25 October 2007
This Challenge looks like the original 1905 model but has a Kodak Ball Bearing Shutter with speeds 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 sec. plus B and T which was patented in 1913. |
The J. Lizars Challenge plate folders were made since ca. 1898. Luxurious "Tropical" models made of mahagonny and a stereo version were available. Plate formats were 3¼ × 4¼“ or small 2½ × 3½", stereo plates were for two 3 × 3" exposures.
specifications of common 3¼×4¼“ version
- Type: Folding bed camera
- Manufacturer: J. Lizars
- Year of launch: ca. 1905
- Film: 3¼ × 4¼“ plates (8×10cm)
- Lens: original lens might have been a Ross Rapid Symmetrical 8/5“
- Shutter: original shutter was of Bausch & Lomb
- Viewfinder: reflecting type
- Dimensions: 11.4cm×14.4×6.7cm (folded)
- Weight: ca. 740g
links
- small Challenge at BoxCameras.com [1]
- version with Beck lens at Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [2]