Mephisto

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The Mephisto is a cylindrical box-camera for 4x6cm plates, from about 1910; a close copy of the American Photake of 1895. The body of the camera is made up of top and bottom cylindrical parts, mated together. Five plates are arranged around the side of the inner body, with a hole opposite each. The lens, on a short tube, is mounted on the outer body, and this is rotated to bring it in line with one of the holes, and so bear on the the corresponding plate. The camera's only shutter is its lens-cap. It has a detachable reflex finder.

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• Mephisto outfit including camera, printing frame and safelight, sold at the 42nd Leitz Photographica Auction, in September 2023.