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The '''Victo''' is a folding half-plate (and perhaps other sizes<ref name=postcard>[http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=2098930 Triple Victo] said to be [[postcard format|postcard]] (5½x3½-inch) size, sold at auction by [http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] of London in July 2001; no picture.</ref>) field camera made by [[Houghton]] from about 1898.<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C679.html 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 [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> 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.<ref name=EP/> Early models are equipped with a [[Thornton-Pickard]] roller shutter; ''Wood and Brass'' shows an example from around 1900;<ref name=WB1900>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0010 1900 Victo] at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/index.php Wood and Brass].</ref> This was replaced in about 1911 with Houghton's own shutter.<ref name=EP/>
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The '''Victo''' is a folding half-plate (and other sizes<ref name=postcard>[http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=2098930 Triple Victo] said to be [[postcard format|postcard]] (5½x3½-inch) size, sold at auction by [http://www.christies.com/ Christie's] of London in July 2001; no picture.</ref>) field camera made by [[Houghton]] from about 1898.<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C679.html 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 [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> 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.<ref name=EP/> Early models are equipped with a [[Thornton-Pickard]] roller shutter; ''Wood and Brass'' shows an example from around 1900;<ref name=WB1900>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0010 1900 Victo] at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/index.php Wood and Brass].</ref> This was replaced in about 1911 with Houghton's own shutter.<ref name=EP/>
  
 
Stereo models of the camera were made.<ref>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0033 Stereo Triple Victo] at ''Wood and Brass''.</ref>
 
Stereo models of the camera were made.<ref>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0033 Stereo Triple Victo] at ''Wood and Brass''.</ref>
  
 
Examples seen (on the websites cited here) have [[Rapid Rectilinear]] and [[Busch]] Rapid Symmetrical lenses. ''Historic Camera'' states (information apparently taken from a 1909 catalogue) that symmetrical lenses by [[Beck]], Ensign or Busch (presumably Rapid Rectilinears) or [[Aldis]] Anastigmats were available.<ref name=HC>[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=tropical_victo Tropical Victo] at [http://www.historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera]; picture and text reproduced from a catalogue of 1909.</ref>
 
Examples seen (on the websites cited here) have [[Rapid Rectilinear]] and [[Busch]] Rapid Symmetrical lenses. ''Historic Camera'' states (information apparently taken from a 1909 catalogue) that symmetrical lenses by [[Beck]], Ensign or Busch (presumably Rapid Rectilinears) or [[Aldis]] Anastigmats were available.<ref name=HC>[http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=tropical_victo Tropical Victo] at [http://www.historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera]; picture and text reproduced from a catalogue of 1909.</ref>
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Revision as of 02:57, 2 January 2013

The Victo is a folding half-plate (and 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]

Stereo models of the camera were made.[4]

Examples seen (on the websites cited here) have Rapid Rectilinear and Busch Rapid Symmetrical lenses. Historic Camera states (information apparently taken from a 1909 catalogue) that symmetrical lenses by Beck, Ensign or Busch (presumably Rapid Rectilinears) or Aldis Anastigmats were available.[5]



Notes

  1. Triple Victo said to be postcard (5½x3½-inch) size, sold at auction by Christie's of London in July 2001; no picture.
  2. 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.
  3. 1900 Victo at Wood and Brass.
  4. Stereo Triple Victo at Wood and Brass.
  5. Tropical Victo at Historic Camera; picture and text reproduced from a catalogue of 1909.


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  • 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.
  • Cameras sold at auction by Bonhams of London:
  • Triple Victo with Thornton-Pickard shutter and Busch f/8 Rapid Symmetrical lens, sold in May 2011.
  • Tropical Victo with f/6 No. 2 Ensign anastigmat, sold in October 2003; no roller shutter, so this may have been front-mounted.