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Lot Essay
Condition: 3B
Cosmetic: Light signs of wear.
Mechanical: Apparently working.
The Reid I(a) is the rarest of all the Reid cameras made, including the Reid II. No sales records have been located and no other examples are currently known.
The Reid I(a) was announced in the British Journal Photographic Almanac for 1959. It was a variant of the Reid I with the viewfinder being replaced by a second accessory shoe, both being fitted to a special mounting plate rather than being fixed directly to the camera body. The BJPA reported: 'The Model 1A is a variant [of the model 1] in which the viewfinder is replaced by a second accessory shoe. These last two models [the 1 and 1a] will particularly recommend themselves to the specialist and laboratory photographer whose work would not normally embrace the use of a rangefinder, and also offer relatively inexpensive 'second bodies' for carrying colour film or an alternative black-and-white ready loaded - the focusing can be carried out, of course, with the lens on the c.r. body'. It cost £63 15 0d plus £12 15s 0d purchase taxt with the body only available at £30 0 6d plus £6 0 0d purchase tax.
Cosmetic: Light signs of wear.
Mechanical: Apparently working.
The Reid I(a) is the rarest of all the Reid cameras made, including the Reid II. No sales records have been located and no other examples are currently known.
The Reid I(a) was announced in the British Journal Photographic Almanac for 1959. It was a variant of the Reid I with the viewfinder being replaced by a second accessory shoe, both being fitted to a special mounting plate rather than being fixed directly to the camera body. The BJPA reported: 'The Model 1A is a variant [of the model 1] in which the viewfinder is replaced by a second accessory shoe. These last two models [the 1 and 1a] will particularly recommend themselves to the specialist and laboratory photographer whose work would not normally embrace the use of a rangefinder, and also offer relatively inexpensive 'second bodies' for carrying colour film or an alternative black-and-white ready loaded - the focusing can be carried out, of course, with the lens on the c.r. body'. It cost £63 15 0d plus £12 15s 0d purchase taxt with the body only available at £30 0 6d plus £6 0 0d purchase tax.