Murer's Express Newness
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The Express Newness cameras are a range of box-form falling-plate detective cameras made around the turn of the 20th century by Murer & Duroni in Milan.[1] It is not clear that this is the name intended by the maker, but it is widely used; the camera's have an impressed stamp including 'Murer's Express' and 'Newness', plus 'Murer' and a letter identifying the model size.
The cameras are wooden with leather covering. They have Murer Anastigmat lenses,[1] a guillotine shutter with several speeds, and six aperture stops (i.e. selectable fixed stops, not an iris). Other than the square-format and stereo models, they have two Watson-type viewfinders, for vertical and horizontal orientation.
- 4.5×6 cm
- 6.5×9 cm (SL)[2]
- 8×8 cm (A) with a single Watson finder on the top
- 3¼×4¼ inch (quarter plate)
- 9×12 cm (G)
- 13×18 cm (H)
- Stereo 9×18 cm (I),[3] with a simple reflex viewfinder (perhaps a Watson type like the other models) in a small folding hood.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p704.
- ↑ Notes on the Express Newness SL falling-plate box camera, about 1900, for 6.5×9 cm plates, in the Collection of Elisabetta and L. David Tomei.
- ↑ Express Newness Stereo falling-plate camera for 9×18 cm plates, about 1905, sold at the May 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.