The instruction sheet illustrated says it's an 'accessory for split image stereo projection'. From: woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Sep 30, 2012 8:52 pm
Ah, thanks Michael, that wasn't there at first, he's added it later. I thought it might be a beam splitter of some sort, but in my head it was receiving light...
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dcolucci@...
ponypremo
Oct 3, 2012 11:07 pm
Kaminski Auctions just sold a nice Daguerreotype of a photographer with his camera for $ 15,000 plus buyers premium. (Estimate was $ 5-7K ) Makes me wonder...
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Marcel Safier
brisphoto
Oct 5, 2012 10:43 pm
Hi all This post follows on from a thread on the IDCC list. I suppose interest in wood and brass cameras and organisation of the people who collect them is...
1427
ericevans2000
Oct 8, 2012 9:22 am
Please refer to Eric Evans' Album. I believe this fairly basic "Empress" camera was made by Houghtons, both before and after they adopted the "Ensign" badge...
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rob_tooley
Oct 8, 2012 9:32 am
I think the the N in a shield dates to 1911 and before, later they used a flag (an Ensign) as the logo. Rob...
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Robert Tooley
rob_tooley
Oct 8, 2012 9:45 am
Marcel, The info.I've collected on N&G models is here: http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/ng_models.html http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/ng_id.html...
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ericevans2000
Oct 8, 2012 10:16 am
Rob, thanks for that it's helpful as always. Eric....
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CYRIL GREATOREX
cyril8030
Oct 8, 2012 3:47 pm
Just to confirm, the "N" was used from 1904 until 1911. Barrie From: ericevans2000 <ericevans2@...> To: woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Oct 8, 2012 3:54 pm
Thanks Cyril, between you and Rob, that is what will eventually appear in the description of the camera on my web site: www.woodandbrass.co.uk May take a...
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tomkom1
Nov 4, 2012 8:21 pm
... C.C. Harrison Died in 1864.. Here is his biography.. http://historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium2/pm.cgi?action=app_display&app=datasheet&app_id=1996 Tom ...
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ericevans2000
Nov 15, 2012 8:29 pm
I hope that members find some interest in my occasional postings of recent acquisitions; I would if others were doing it, but a bore doesn't always know when...
1435
jwb.jr77
Nov 19, 2012 7:25 pm
Hi Eric: Because I am a collector, I for one am not bored reading about your new acquisitions . I not only like reading about another's cameras but I also like...
1436
ericevans2000
Nov 19, 2012 8:11 pm
Hi John, I just love that story. Like you, I am very susceptible to the history connected with my cameras, and the "research"; I do, (for want of a better word)...
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Jerry Laderberg
jellyscameras
Nov 19, 2012 8:32 pm
Neither rare nor beautiful, the 2 D by Graflex is one of the strongest units around. Now that winter has returned you may want to buy this one to work on...
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David Silver
dfscameras
Nov 20, 2012 6:20 am
Hey gang, I have a particular large wood and brass box camera I want to display this season in my office, and one end of the strap has rotted away. Here's a ...
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David Silver
dfscameras
Nov 20, 2012 5:34 pm
Hello everybody, Here's an especially rare and historically significant piece for the wood and brass fanciers. A Benster diaphragm shutter (US patent #339,731...
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voncabbage@...
voncabbage
Nov 20, 2012 6:26 pm
right back at you http://www.ebay.com/itm/Darlot-Lens-With-Wollensak-Shutter-Very-Unusual-/321025067526?pt=US_Vintage_Cameras&hash=item4abe95ca06 ... From:...
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David Silver
dfscameras
Nov 20, 2012 7:40 pm
What...???...
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F West
gryku
Nov 20, 2012 7:46 pm
Hello, I don't understand this "right back at you". I don't see any relevance. They are completely different items, a 19th century rarity in David's...
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voncabbage@...
voncabbage
Nov 20, 2012 11:56 pm
sorry..........i'm new to this i cannot tell the difference (yet) ... From: F West <gryku@...> To: woodandbrass <woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue,...
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ericevans2000
Nov 21, 2012 11:45 am
Come on in. The first forty years are the worst. We are all still learning. Why not introduce yourself? Eric....
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John Rushton
john_rushton...
Nov 26, 2012 1:36 pm
Hi All, This is a copy of one of my posts to the IDCC Forum. Marcel has asked me to share it with you too. So here goes! Message starts: Now, you must...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Nov 26, 2012 2:44 pm
Hi John, A bit away from your point, as I am unable to say much about your handbag camera, but after living 82 years without seeing any reference to Robertsons...
1447
GEORGELAYNE@...
capnkodak
Nov 26, 2012 3:21 pm
Did we not go over this in detail about a month ago? Thee are several emails about it. George Layne ... From: John Rushton <jcr_cameras@...> To:...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Nov 26, 2012 3:35 pm
Hi George, Yes I believe we did discuss it on the IDCC forum, but John has opened it up for further discussion by the Wood and Brass group. Material then gets...
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Maren /Fred Friedman
marenfred1
Nov 26, 2012 3:41 pm
I wonder if the idea was simply to appeal to female photographers by adding the leather and the handbag like catch. The camera would seem to be tripod needed -...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Nov 26, 2012 3:46 pm
George, And I might have got hat last reply wrong.........anyway it appears on my computer and on the wood and brass site. I am not a computer wizz. Regards, ...
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GEORGELAYNE@...
capnkodak
Nov 26, 2012 3:49 pm
No, I didn't realize that, but it might be helpful if someone started the discussion by sending Marcel the prior emails on the subject. George ... From: Eric...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Nov 26, 2012 3:50 pm
Fred, I saw a decorated aluminium bound Lancaster on e bay once, so unless you got that one there are at least two of them in existence. Regards, Eric. ... ...
