This is a typical magazine detective camera of the 1890s. The glass plates are loaded in a grooved frame at the top of the camera and rest on the dark chamber. By moving the frame backwards a plate drops into the focal plane. The exposed plates also move backwards.

The BJA of 1900 shows a similar camera except that it contains a focusing device. BJA 1896 shows a similar camera but with a T-P shutter. Advertisements give the number of plates as 12. In this example the first position has been blocked off with a piece of wood as a light-baffle. The price was £7.7.0.