{"id":26618,"date":"2023-08-19T01:03:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T05:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=26618"},"modified":"2023-08-19T01:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T05:58:40","slug":"for-want-of-a-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/for-want-of-a-board\/","title":{"rendered":"for want of a board …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lancaster Instantograph c1886 – 1910 as snapped by Carl Baxby<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. This is the famous English camera called the Lancaster ‘Instantograph’<\/a>. The camera was made from c1886 to 1910. The name indicates a dry plate camera.<\/p>\n

The Instantograph used a revolutionary dry plate that was so much faster and neater than any wet plate. And dry plates finally allowed ‘instantaneous’ photos (about 1\/15 second) to be taken on a tripod.<\/p>\n

Lancaster manufactured the camera in various sizes to accommodate different plate sizes from a small 1\/4 plate model to a large 10×12 inch plate model. A major design change was made about a year after first introducing the camera, making earlier cameras very rare (information from McKeown’s Cameras price guide, 11th edition).<\/p>\n

While visiting an auction in Eastern Ontario this summer, past president of the PHSC, Les Jones, managed to obtain one, less a single critical part – the baseboard – which allows the lens\/bellows to be set for subject distance.<\/p>\n

Les writes, “I bought a wonderful and early English Instantograph camera at the auction which is missing the baseboard. Essential for use and hard to replace. Eventually tracked down a photo. If you ever come across anything that looks like any of these – maybe 4\u201d x 6\u201d, very approximately – please do let me know. It would make my day.”<\/p>\n

Should you have a suitable baseboard like this<\/a> (click hot link for photo) kicking around, drop me a note at info@phsc.ca<\/a> and I will pass the note on to Les.<\/p>\n

NB. Les contacted the Photographic Collectors’ Club of Great Britain’s expert on all thing Instantographic<\/em>, Carl Baxby, who kindly provided the photos used here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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