J. Lizars Challenge
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 mahogany 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]