Thornton-Pickard Imperial
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| Imperial whole-plate, triple-extension, c.1910 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
The Imperial is a range of folding field cameras made by Thornton-Pickard in the early years of the twentieth century. The cameras are made from mahogany with brass fittings. Double- and triple- extension models of the camera were available, as was a camera with a built-in focal-plane shutter. Notes on the cameras at Early Photography describe the Imperial as 'mid-range'.[1]
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| Imperial half-plate, double-extension, serial no. 442 image by forlornhop (Image rights) |
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| Thornton-Pickard Imperial half-plate, triple-extension image by ma-peter (Image rights) |
Imperial Focal Plane camera
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| Half-plate Imperial Focal-Plane camera, c.1904 image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
Unsurprisingly, for a company which made a speciality of roller shutters, a special model of the camera was made with a built-in shutter at the rear. It was made in the half-plate size (Early Photography states that a full-plate version was made later[1]) and with triple-extension bellows.
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| 1905 advertisement scanned by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial Focal Plane camera at Early Photography.
Links
- Imperial Double Extension cameras: Half-plate and Whole-plate at Wood and Brass
- Imperial Triple Extension with Beck Symmetrical lens, sold at the 35th Leitz Photographica Auction in November 2019. Several excellent pictures of the camera.
- Imperial Triple Extension at the Powerhouse Museum
