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'''Lamperti and Garbagnati''' was a camera maker in Milan in the late nineteenth century.<ref name=SdF>[http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2012/04/16/lamperti-garbagnati/ Lamperti & Garbagnati] at [http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/ Storia della Fotografia] (text in Italian).</ref><ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p593.</ref> The firm was started in 1883 by engineer Edoardo Lamperti and photographic goods-dealer Garbagnati, who took over a small existing photographic business. The firm's products were at first professional cameras. Later, cameras for amateurs were also made, including detective cameras. The company also retailed goods made by other makers (''Storia della Fotografia'' states that they were the Italian distributor for Taylor and Hobson<ref name=SdF/>).
 
'''Lamperti and Garbagnati''' was a camera maker in Milan in the late nineteenth century.<ref name=SdF>[http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2012/04/16/lamperti-garbagnati/ Lamperti & Garbagnati] at [http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/ Storia della Fotografia] (text in Italian).</ref><ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p593.</ref> The firm was started in 1883 by engineer Edoardo Lamperti and photographic goods-dealer Garbagnati, who took over a small existing photographic business. The firm's products were at first professional cameras. Later, cameras for amateurs were also made, including detective cameras. The company also retailed goods made by other makers (''Storia della Fotografia'' states that they were the Italian distributor for Taylor and Hobson<ref name=SdF/>).
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==Cameras==
 
==Cameras==
 
* Field cameras<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=44636&_ssl=off#44636 23.5x23.5 cm tailboard field camera], about 1890, with 300 mm f/6.8 Dagor lens, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=43182&acat=43182&offset=1&lang=3 November 2005 Westlicht Photographica Auction].</ref>
 
* Field cameras<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=44636&_ssl=off#44636 23.5x23.5 cm tailboard field camera], about 1890, with 300 mm f/6.8 Dagor lens, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=43182&acat=43182&offset=1&lang=3 November 2005 Westlicht Photographica Auction].</ref>
* Wet-plate studio cameras. McKeown lists an 18x18 cm camera;<ref name=McK/> a 24x24 cm camera was sold at Westlicht.<ref name=WStudio>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=260570&_ssl=off#260570 24x24 cm studio camera on wheeled wooden stand], about 1900, with Dallmeyer f/3 portrait lens (presumably a [[Petzval lens]]), sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=246559&acat=246559&lang=3 May 2012 Westlicht auction].</ref>
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* Wet-plate studio cameras, as pictured here. McKeown lists an 18x18 cm camera;<ref name=McK/> a 24x24 cm camera was sold at Westlicht.<ref name=WStudio>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=260570&_ssl=off#260570 24x24 cm studio camera on wheeled wooden stand], about 1900, with Dallmeyer f/3 portrait lens (presumably a [[Petzval lens]]), sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=246559&acat=246559&lang=3 May 2012 Westlicht auction].</ref>
 
* Falling-plate detective camera<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=59053&_ssl=off#59053 9x12 cm detective camera], about 1890, with Voigtländer lens and two [[Viewfinder|Watson finders]], sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=54427&acat=54427&offset=1&lang=3 May 2006 Westlicht auction].</ref>
 
* Falling-plate detective camera<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=59053&_ssl=off#59053 9x12 cm detective camera], about 1890, with Voigtländer lens and two [[Viewfinder|Watson finders]], sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=54427&acat=54427&offset=1&lang=3 May 2006 Westlicht auction].</ref>
* Spiegamento Rapido; horizontal folding camera for 9x14 cm plates.<ref name=McK/>
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* Spiegamento Rapido; horizontal folding camera for 9x14 cm plates, about 1900.<ref name=McK/>
  
  

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Lamperti and Garbagnati was a camera maker in Milan in the late nineteenth century.[1][2] The firm was started in 1883 by engineer Edoardo Lamperti and photographic goods-dealer Garbagnati, who took over a small existing photographic business. The firm's products were at first professional cameras. Later, cameras for amateurs were also made, including detective cameras. The company also retailed goods made by other makers (Storia della Fotografia states that they were the Italian distributor for Taylor and Hobson[1]).


Cameras

  • Field cameras[3]
  • Wet-plate studio cameras, as pictured here. McKeown lists an 18x18 cm camera;[2] a 24x24 cm camera was sold at Westlicht.[4]
  • Falling-plate detective camera[5]
  • Spiegamento Rapido; horizontal folding camera for 9x14 cm plates, about 1900.[2]


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lamperti & Garbagnati at Storia della Fotografia (text in Italian).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p593.
  3. 23.5x23.5 cm tailboard field camera, about 1890, with 300 mm f/6.8 Dagor lens, sold at the November 2005 Westlicht Photographica Auction.
  4. 24x24 cm studio camera on wheeled wooden stand, about 1900, with Dallmeyer f/3 portrait lens (presumably a Petzval lens), sold at the May 2012 Westlicht auction.
  5. 9x12 cm detective camera, about 1890, with Voigtländer lens and two Watson finders, sold at the May 2006 Westlicht auction.