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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 1904 (so that the cameras are 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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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>
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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://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=185& Tropical Victo] at [http://www.historiccamera.com/ Historic Camera]; picture and text reproduced from a catalogue of 1909.</ref>
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The '''Victo''' is a folding half-plate 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''') 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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*Other Victo cameras at ''Wood and Brass'':
 
*Other Victo cameras at ''Wood and Brass'':
 
** [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0013 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.
 
** [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0013 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.
 
** [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.
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* Cameras sold at auction by [http://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams] of London:
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** [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19310/lot/90/ Triple Victo] with Thornton-Pickard shutter and Busch f/8 Rapid Symmetrical lens, sold in May 2011.
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** [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10432/lot/653/ Tropical Victo] with f/6 No. 2 Ensign anastigmat, sold in October 2003; no roller shutter, so this may have been front-mounted.
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1/2-plate Stereo Victo c.1908
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Triple Victo 8,5x6,5 w/ Euryscope Anastigmat, c.1914
image by Luis Cozeto (Image rights)

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 1904 (so that the cameras are 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]


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1/4-plate Victo 1898
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)
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1/2-plate Triple Victo c.1914
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)
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Victo 1910 advt.
image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights)


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.
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