Miral was a name given to a range of single-lens reflexes from Talbot & Eamer. The camera first appeared in the late 1890s, the company then being in Blackburn. These models had a roller-blind shutter just behind the lens in front of the mirror. The camera had an oblong shape and, as the back was not the reversing type, had a 'landscape' format. The double dark-slides or changing box were held internally. The Reversing Back Miral (R B.) appeared around 1901, the plate holders were now external. The R. B. was produced in two versions B and C, the C seems to have an improved shutter. Later Mirals were of the conventional (Soho) shape. Production probably ceased in the late 1900s. A number of different lenses were fitted and as well as the quarter-plate a 4" x 5" model was made. The price was £10.7.0.