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− | '''James A. Sinclair & Company Ltd''' was a camera-maker in London from about 1904.<ref name=EPCoDetails>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies3.html#sinclair Sinclair company information] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> Sinclair himself was at one time an employee of [[Adams & Co.|Adams]] before setting up his own firm. Sinclair was also involved in [[Arthur Samuel Newman|Newman]] & Sinclair, at the same time as Sinclair & Co. was operating independently. N&S made (among other products) shutters, which are seen on many of Sinclair's cameras. | + | <div class="floatright plainlinks" style="margin:0px 0px 15px 15px;"> |
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+ | '''James A. Sinclair & Company Ltd''' was a camera-maker in London from about 1904.<ref name=EPCoDetails>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies3.html#sinclair Sinclair company information] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> Sinclair himself was at one time an employee of [[Adams & Co.|Adams]] before setting up his own firm. Sinclair was also involved in [[Arthur Samuel Newman|Newman]] & Sinclair, at the same time as Sinclair & Co. was operating independently. N&S made (among other products) shutters, which are seen on many of Sinclair's cameras. Sinclair also retailed photographic goods of other makers. | ||
− | Sinclair is best-known for the '''Una''' series of wooden-bodied folding plate cameras in various sizes, including tropical models, and the ''aluminium''-bodied '''Traveller | + | Sinclair is best-known for the '''Una''' series of wooden-bodied folding plate cameras in various sizes, including tropical models, and the ''aluminium''-bodied '''Traveller Una''', pictured here in a contemporary advertisement.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p895.</ref> |
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===Examples seen at auction=== | ===Examples seen at auction=== | ||
− | * [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=26734&_ssl=off#26734 6x9 cm Tropical Una], about 1915, mahogany with brass binding and fittings, with 8-inch Ross lens and Newman & Sinclair 'Perfect' shutter. | + | * [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=26734&_ssl=off#26734 6x9 cm Tropical Una], about 1915, mahogany with brass binding and fittings, with 8-inch Ross lens and Newman & Sinclair 'Perfect' shutter, sold at the [http://westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=25201&acat=25201&offset=2&lang=3 November 2004 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna. There are focus scales on both sides of the bed; it is probable that the lens is a [[combinable lens]], as referred to in the advertisement illustrated, and one of the scales shows focus for one lens component used alone as a long-focus lens. There is a small Watson viewfinder on the bed, and front-rear and left-right spirit levels on the front standard. The camera has front rise and tilt. |
* [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=211057&_ssl=off#211057 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2], about 1920, with 7¼-inch f/4.5 Ross Xpres, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=197084&acat=197084&offset=2&lang=3 December 2010 Westlicht auction]. Rack-and-pinion focus on the bed, with an ivory focus scale to two yards, with depth-of-field markings (the camera has triple extension, so could focus rather closer). There is a seperate infinity mark for use with a telephoto attachment. There are levels (by [[Taylor-Hobson|Taylor, Taylor & Hobson]]) on the standard. The camera has no shutter (as shown; the lens may have been exchanged), and no viewfinder other than the ground glass. | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=211057&_ssl=off#211057 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2], about 1920, with 7¼-inch f/4.5 Ross Xpres, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=197084&acat=197084&offset=2&lang=3 December 2010 Westlicht auction]. Rack-and-pinion focus on the bed, with an ivory focus scale to two yards, with depth-of-field markings (the camera has triple extension, so could focus rather closer). There is a seperate infinity mark for use with a telephoto attachment. There are levels (by [[Taylor-Hobson|Taylor, Taylor & Hobson]]) on the standard. The camera has no shutter (as shown; the lens may have been exchanged), and no viewfinder other than the ground glass. | ||
* [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=218299&_ssl=off#218299 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2] with Dallmeyer Stigmatic series II lens and behind-the-lens telephoto attachment, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215786&acat=215786&offset=3&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht auction]. This example has no focus scale or levels, but is otherwise similar to the camera above. | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=218299&_ssl=off#218299 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2] with Dallmeyer Stigmatic series II lens and behind-the-lens telephoto attachment, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215786&acat=215786&offset=3&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht auction]. This example has no focus scale or levels, but is otherwise similar to the camera above. |
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Advertisement for the aluminium Traveller Una and other Sinclair products, Photograpms of the Year, 1938. Scan by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
James A. Sinclair & Company Ltd was a camera-maker in London from about 1904.[1] Sinclair himself was at one time an employee of Adams before setting up his own firm. Sinclair was also involved in Newman & Sinclair, at the same time as Sinclair & Co. was operating independently. N&S made (among other products) shutters, which are seen on many of Sinclair's cameras. Sinclair also retailed photographic goods of other makers.
Sinclair is best-known for the Una series of wooden-bodied folding plate cameras in various sizes, including tropical models, and the aluminium-bodied Traveller Una, pictured here in a contemporary advertisement.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Sinclair company information at Early Photography.
- ↑ 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). p895.
Links
Examples seen at auction
- 6x9 cm Tropical Una, about 1915, mahogany with brass binding and fittings, with 8-inch Ross lens and Newman & Sinclair 'Perfect' shutter, sold at the November 2004 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna. There are focus scales on both sides of the bed; it is probable that the lens is a combinable lens, as referred to in the advertisement illustrated, and one of the scales shows focus for one lens component used alone as a long-focus lens. There is a small Watson viewfinder on the bed, and front-rear and left-right spirit levels on the front standard. The camera has front rise and tilt.
- 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2, about 1920, with 7¼-inch f/4.5 Ross Xpres, sold at the December 2010 Westlicht auction. Rack-and-pinion focus on the bed, with an ivory focus scale to two yards, with depth-of-field markings (the camera has triple extension, so could focus rather closer). There is a seperate infinity mark for use with a telephoto attachment. There are levels (by Taylor, Taylor & Hobson) on the standard. The camera has no shutter (as shown; the lens may have been exchanged), and no viewfinder other than the ground glass.
- 4x5 inch Tropical Una No. 2 with Dallmeyer Stigmatic series II lens and behind-the-lens telephoto attachment, sold at the May 2011 Westlicht auction. This example has no focus scale or levels, but is otherwise similar to the camera above.