{"id":33372,"date":"2026-01-30T01:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T05:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=33372"},"modified":"2026-01-27T01:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:23:30","slug":"a-really-rare-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-really-rare-one\/","title":{"rendered":"a really rare one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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the itinerant photographer’s wet-plate camera<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. I often mention that wet plate cameras usually self destruct as they are used. In this rare example shown in Bill Belier’s column in issue 26-4 it is described by its present owner – Mike Robinson.<\/p>\n

Bill begins, “Our ‘treasure’ this month is from the\u00a0collection of our multi-talented Program\u00a0Chairman, Mike Robinson, \u2026lecturer,\u00a0contemporary daguerreotypist, wet-plate\u00a0photographer and replica builder of early\u00a0landmark cameras. His story follows\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThe maker of this mahogany and\u00a0brass half-plate camera was a Mr. C.\u00a0Burr, described as a \u2018London optician\u00a0and camera maker, 1862\u20131865\u2019, about\u00a0whom I have uncovered very little\u00a0information to date.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully, with\u00a0continued research, I will learn more\u00a0about this early British craftsman. The sliding box design is of the\u00a0earliest type of camera construction\u00a0which was used for daguerreotype, wet-plate collodion or calotype paper negatives. This camera is equipped with a\u00a0Petzval design portrait lens with\u00a0Waterhouse stops and a focusing knob.<\/p>\n

“The lens (serial #3254) is believed to be\u00a0original equipment as I found no flange markings or additional mounting screw\u00a0holes on the body.\u201d …<\/p>\n

Yes, indeed. Members could read all about this wet plate camera in Bill’s column in the issue 26-4 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/memory stick. See top or at right “Membership” to join – it’s cheap and easy. In the rare case of questions, email them to member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. I often mention that wet plate cameras usually self destruct as they are used. In this rare example shown in Bill Belier’s column in issue 26-4 it is described by its present owner – Mike Robinson. Bill begins, “Our … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[2017,398,401],"class_list":["post-33372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-article","tag-camera","tag-lens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33377,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33372\/revisions\/33377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}