Folding camera used by Herbert Ponting
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Folding camera, leather covered with pop-up viewfinder on top section, and leather handle with metal attachments on side section. Featuring a Planastigmat f6.8 lens. Camera also features adjustable shift, allowing for a controlling of the distortion of the relatively wide angle lens.
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| Title | Folding camera used by Herbert Ponting (generic title) |
| Brief description | Folding camera, A.E Staley and Co, used by Herbert George Ponting on 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, ca. 1910. |
| Physical description | Folding camera, leather covered with pop-up viewfinder on top section, and leather handle with metal attachments on side section. Featuring a Planastigmat f6.8 lens. Camera also features adjustable shift, allowing for a controlling of the distortion of the relatively wide angle lens. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '1 sec = 1 1/5, 1/2 = 1/2, 1/4 = 1/4, 1/10 = 1/8, 1/25 = 1/20, 1/50 = 1/40, 1/100 = 1/75, 1/250 = 1/150' (Handwritten in pencil on inside of lens flap. Probably pertaining to the slightly slower shutter speeds of the lens over the manufacturers claimed speeds.) |
| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Object history | Used by Herbert George Ponting on the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition. New bellows have been fitted to the camera as detailed in accompanying letter from Douglas Stevens. |
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| Accession number | RPS.3049:1-2017 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2017 |
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