Kodak The Eastman Dry plate & Film Co Interchangeable View 5x8 Camera+Lens++RARE
Kodak The Eastman Dry plate & Film Co Interchangeable View 5x8 Camera+Lens++RARE. 011224- 815 Kodak The Eastman Dry plate & Film Co Interchangeable View 5x8 Camera+Lens++RARE I have added 131 photos of this camera Set to best give a walk around. This is a Beautiful example of a Very early The Eastman Dry plate & Film Co. " - Believed to be the "Interchangeable View Camera in the Extremely Rare 5x8 size.
This early view camera shows the markings for W. On the bed, making this camera between 1884-early 1890 because of the Walmsley markings (distributor in Philadelphia) before their name change in 1890.. This wood large format camera has a classic design with a nice construction, brass hardware, a black leather bellows, and a removable 5 extension rail (matching 815 serial number) too. It folds up nice and compact for travel and storage and offers a front geared focus, front rise, rear tilt and rear swing movements and has a very pretty look.This camera set comes exactly as shown and looks to be in fantastic condition (especially for its age) showing light signs of cosmetic wear from use/age and appears to work well. All movements look to work properly; the geared focusing is easy to control, The knobs all work and lock down properly.
The bellow are pliable with some pinholes and area thinning/slits. The camera has a nice looking ground glass showing some oxidation light marks -easy to view. The lens board is in good condition showing a few center stress cracks and a few previous lens ring holes.
With the camera comes a W. Water house stop type brass lens. The glass looks Very nice with No scratches, No fungus, light dust The built in water house stop apertures work properly at all positions. This lens properly fits the retaining ring on the lens board. I have added 131 photos of this camera Set to best give a walk around. Please note that the Nikon camera is only to illustrate the size of this camera and is not included... This item comes exactly as shown - I have tried to document everything as much as possible to show this item as good or better than having it in your hands....___Sales Policies:__ Thank you for looking at our listings. All auctions are as-is described. All auctions are posted as-is described: We try our best to describe all items in the description through words but more importantly we take a lot of photos to best show the item(s). We try to provide high quality, high internet resolution images to provided a clearer than verbal description of the item and its characteristics.
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