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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Express Newness Stereo falling-plate camera for 9×18 cm plates, about 1905, sold at the May 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.