Thornton-Pickard Ruby
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The Ruby is a wooden folding field camera made by Thornton-Pickard from about 1890 to 1907.[1] Intended for use on a tripod, the folding bed includes a turntable. The design was changed to make the camera also usable as a hand camera.[2]
McKeown states that the camera has a 'Ruby' Rapid-Rectilinear lens.[3] This is mounted on a Thornton-Pickard roller-blind shutter on the front standard.
Notes
- ↑ Half-plate Ruby of about 1897, at Wood and Brass.
- ↑ British Patent 22136 of 1895, Improvements in Photographic Cameras, granted to John Thornton and Edgar Pickard, and describing changes to a stand camera 'such as is well known as the Thornton Pickard Ruby Camera' to make it suitable for hand-held use as well as on a stand; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- ↑ 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). p918.
