Blair Folding Hawk-eye Nº.2
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Una de les càmeres més arcaiques i boniques que podeu trobar, en bronze, fusta i negre satinat, la Blair Folding Hawk-eye No.2. Fou fabricada per Blair Camera Co. entre 1892 i 1894, i encara funciona avui en dia, quasi 130 anys després (tot i que una mica amb problemes).
Originariament tota la caixa estava coberta amb pell, que algú deuria retirar suposo que en les darreres dècades: altres exemples que he vist d'aquestes càmeres tenien la pell en un pesim estat, caient a troços.
Es tracta d'una càmera de plaques de 5x7 polzades, fabricada als Estats Units. L'obturador és un Bausch & Lomb Iris, un dels primers obturadors mecanics del món. Aquesta part és en si mateixa una petita joia i funciona, tot i que les velocitats son completament arbitraries, avui en dia. De la única manera que m'atreveixo a fer-lo servir es en mode T o B, i fent exposicions de diversos segons.
És interesant com aquesta càmera compta amb un sistema a mitja caixa que permet fer moviments en angle a la part posterior de la càmera, on hi ha el pla focal.
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One of the most archaic and beautiful cameras you can find, in bronze, wood and ebony black, the Blair Folding Hawk-eye No.2. It was manufactured by Blair Camera Co. between 1892 and 1894, and it still works today, almost 130 years later (although with several problems).
Originally the entire box was covered with leather, but someone removed it supposedly in recent decades: other examples I have seen of these cameras had the leather in a sorry state, falling apart.
It is a 5x7-inch dry plate camera, manufactured in the United States. The shutter is a Bausch & Lomb Iris Diaphragm, one of the first mechanical shutters in the world. This part is in itself a small gem and works, although the speeds are completely arbitrary, nowadays. The only way I venture to use it is in T or B mode, and doing exhibitions for several seconds. As the later B&L Volute shutter, this one has the diaphragm and shutter combined in the same mechanism.
The back of the camera lacks some parts, and it's difficult to mantain the plate holders tighty close to the focal plane, so some light leaks are inevitable. I should try to repair that.
www.antiquewoodcameras.com/blairhe1.html
www.antiquephotographica.info/Blair%20Camera%20Company%20...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/B%26L_Iris_Diaphragm_Shutter
Blair Folding Hawk-eye Nº.2
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Una de les càmeres més arcaiques i boniques que podeu trobar, en bronze, fusta i negre satinat, la Blair Folding Hawk-eye No.2. Fou fabricada per Blair Camera Co. entre 1892 i 1894, i encara funciona avui en dia, quasi 130 anys després (tot i que una mica amb problemes).
Originariament tota la caixa estava coberta amb pell, que algú deuria retirar suposo que en les darreres dècades: altres exemples que he vist d'aquestes càmeres tenien la pell en un pesim estat, caient a troços.
Es tracta d'una càmera de plaques de 5x7 polzades, fabricada als Estats Units. L'obturador és un Bausch & Lomb Iris, un dels primers obturadors mecanics del món. Aquesta part és en si mateixa una petita joia i funciona, tot i que les velocitats son completament arbitraries, avui en dia. De la única manera que m'atreveixo a fer-lo servir es en mode T o B, i fent exposicions de diversos segons.
És interesant com aquesta càmera compta amb un sistema a mitja caixa que permet fer moviments en angle a la part posterior de la càmera, on hi ha el pla focal.
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One of the most archaic and beautiful cameras you can find, in bronze, wood and ebony black, the Blair Folding Hawk-eye No.2. It was manufactured by Blair Camera Co. between 1892 and 1894, and it still works today, almost 130 years later (although with several problems).
Originally the entire box was covered with leather, but someone removed it supposedly in recent decades: other examples I have seen of these cameras had the leather in a sorry state, falling apart.
It is a 5x7-inch dry plate camera, manufactured in the United States. The shutter is a Bausch & Lomb Iris Diaphragm, one of the first mechanical shutters in the world. This part is in itself a small gem and works, although the speeds are completely arbitrary, nowadays. The only way I venture to use it is in T or B mode, and doing exhibitions for several seconds. As the later B&L Volute shutter, this one has the diaphragm and shutter combined in the same mechanism.
The back of the camera lacks some parts, and it's difficult to mantain the plate holders tighty close to the focal plane, so some light leaks are inevitable. I should try to repair that.
www.antiquewoodcameras.com/blairhe1.html
www.antiquephotographica.info/Blair%20Camera%20Company%20...
camera-wiki.org/wiki/B%26L_Iris_Diaphragm_Shutter