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** [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0206 1914 Tropical Victo] with teak rather than mahogany body, and improved leather and jointing. | ** [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0206 1914 Tropical Victo] with teak rather than mahogany body, and improved leather and jointing. | ||
* [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19310/lot/90/ Triple Victo] with Thornton-Pickard shutter and Busch f/8 Rapid Symmetrical lens, sold at auction by [http://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams] of London in May 2011. | * [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19310/lot/90/ Triple Victo] with Thornton-Pickard shutter and Busch f/8 Rapid Symmetrical lens, sold at auction by [http://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams] of London in May 2011. | ||
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The Victo is a folding half-plate (and perhaps other sizes[1]) field camera made by Houghton from about 1898.[2] It was introduced as a fairly basic camera, but features were added to later models, including triple extension from 1908 (so that the cameras is thereafter the Triple Victo), a good range of movements, and automatic locking of the front and rear standards as the camera was unfolded.[2] Early models are equipped with a Thornton-Pickard roller shutter; Wood and Brass shows an example from around 1900;[3] This was replaced in about 1911 with Houghton's own shutter.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Triple Victo said to be postcard (5½x3½-inch) size, sold at auction by Christie's of London in July 2001; no picture.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1911 Triple Victo (rebadged by Youdall of Leeds), with Ensign shutter giving speeds 1/15 - 1/150 second, plus 'T', and 9-inch f/8 Rapid Rectilinear; also notes about the development of the Victo series of cameras; at Early Photography.
- ↑ 1900 Victo at Wood and Brass.
Links
- Other Victo cameras at Wood and Brass:
- Triple Victo with front-mounted roller shutter; the notes date the camera to about 1900, though Early Photography (cited above) states that triple extension was added in 1911.
- 1914 Tropical Victo with teak rather than mahogany body, and improved leather and jointing.
- Triple Victo with Thornton-Pickard shutter and Busch f/8 Rapid Symmetrical lens, sold at auction by Bonhams of London in May 2011.
