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| + | The '''Vesta''' was a mixture of strut folding camera and [[folding bed camera]]. The camera was made between 1909 and 1914 by [[Adams & Co.]] in London. It allowed certain [[lens board]] movements. The sample in the picture above is for a larger format and has a ''[[Taylor-Hobson]] [[Cooke]] Aviar [[Anastigmat]] 6inch Series II f/4.5'' lens in unknown shutter and a [[brilliant finder]]. In 1914 a 4.5x6cm version with leather-covered metal body and [[Ross]]/[[Zeiss]] [[Tessar]] f/4.5 75mm lens and [[Compound]] shutter was made. It had a Newton type finder. Film pack adapters were common accessories for these cameras. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C172.html Adams Vesta page] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography] | |
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The Vesta was a mixture of strut folding camera and folding bed camera. The camera was made between 1909 and 1914 by Adams & Co. in London. It allowed certain lens board movements. The sample in the picture above is for a larger format and has a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Aviar Anastigmat 6inch Series II f/4.5 lens in unknown shutter and a brilliant finder. In 1914 a 4.5x6cm version with leather-covered metal body and Ross/Zeiss Tessar f/4.5 75mm lens and Compound shutter was made. It had a Newton type finder. Film pack adapters were common accessories for these cameras.
