Rayment's patent field camera

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Rayment's patent field camera
half-plate, polished light wood body, with plaque stamped RAYMENT'S PATENT, red leather tapered bellows, brass fittings, brass bound construction, two matching lens panels, Furnell's Patent shutter, a Dallmeyer 6 x 5 inch patent rapid Rectilinear brass bound lens with Waterhouse aperture stops in leather wallet, a Watson & Sons brass bound lens, a wooden tripod adapter, in a canvas carrying case

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Condition: 3
Cosmetic: Light signs of wear.

Rayment's patent number 1675 of 4 February 1886 described a method of fixing the front of the camera with tapering bellows to the camera baseboard. This was done by means of two rods which passed through the sides of the front standard and clamped to the camera track.

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