Ibso - Antique and Vintage Cameras

Ibso

1908

Alfred Gauthier

Calmbach

Germany

Image of Ibso

Shutter Type:
Three blade diaphragm. Spring powered, pneumatic exposure control. Everset.

Attributes:
Speeds 1/100 - 1, B, T. Finger release at 7 o'clock, cable release socket at 11 o'clock.

With:
f6, 5", Busch Detective Aplanat.

Ensign-Sector

c. 1909

Houghtons Ltd

London

England

Shutter Type:
Three blade diaphragm. Spring powered, pneumatic exposure control. Everset.

Attributes:
Speeds 1/100 - 1, T. Settings for: instantaneous speeds; Lock where the shutter does not fire; Open giving a T setting. Finger release at 11 o'clock, pneumatic release.

Notes:
Re-badged by Houghtons.

With:
f8, 5 ⅞", Ensign Symmetrical.

Variations: Finger release at 7 o'clock or 11 o'clock; with or without pneumatic release.

Houghton and Butcher used the Ibso on their better quality hand cameras from about 1909. On this example there is a wheel with settings of Free, Lock and Open, this may have been special to Houghton. Normally the Ibso has C, B, and T settings on the shutter dial.

References & Notes:
BJA 1910, p. 292. BJA 1911, p. 303. Ensign Handbook 1914, p. 62.


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