Summary
Butcher's No 6 Watch Pocket Carbine camera manufactured by W. Butcher and Sons Ltd, London, post 1929.
It has an oxidised brass body (serial no. 77302) and view finder attached to sliding leather bellows. The lens is an Aldis Uno Anastigmat f4.5 (serial no. 701584, patent no. 258646) with an early model Compur shutter, The camera was designed to take photographs on 2 1/4 B carbine film, 57mm. x 81mm. format, the equivalent tom120 film.
The English agents for this camera were Peeling & Van Neck Ltd. (pre 1931). See British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1931, p.591.
Physical Description
Black metal folding camera with red leather sliding bellows.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Dr Lewis John Balfour, May 1966
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Manufacturer
Optical Department, J.W. Butcher, England, Great Britain, post 1929
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Inscriptions
Compur shutter marked "Fr. Deckel, Munchen". English agents Peeling & Van Neck Ltd. (pre 1931). See british journal photographic almanac, 1931, p.591.
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Overall Dimensions
80 mm (Width), 165 mm (Depth), 140 mm (Height)
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