Challenge Focal Plane - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Challenge Focal Plane

1907

J. Lizars

Glasgow

Scotland

Image of Challenge Focal Plane

Shutter:
Focal Plane. Speeds 1/10 - 1/1000, T. Spring tension: 0 - 9. Slit width: 1 - 5.

Construction:
Polished mahogany body, brass fittings, red leather bellows. Finger joints on body.

Format:
3 ¼" x 4 ¼" plates held in double dark slides.

Focusing:
Bellows, scale to 5 feet. Double extension.

Attributes:
Fixed back.

Movements:
Rise and cross front.

Notes:
Name plaque shows branches in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Aberdeen and Liverpool. Before 1910.

With:
Hooded focusing screen. 4 double dark slides.

The Focal Plane was produced in quarter-plate, 5" x 4" and half-plate. An earlier focal plane Challenge, from around 1902, resembled the Model A and was only listed for a short time.

References & Notes:
BJA 1902, p. 1190. BJA 1908, p. 1320.


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