Photographic camera for Daguerreotypes
Object description:
Photographic box camera for Daguerreotypes. López y Gamara.Format: 9 x 12 cm. Lens: Darlot Paris nº 24 935. Adjustable lens with a zip system. It includes a glass plate (7. 5 x 14'5 x 3'2).
This was the first model of photographic camera. It was used for the Daguerreotype and contemporary techniques. It has two boxes, one inside the other. The movement of the boxes made it possible to focus the image. It was used from the mid nineteenth century.
Production
Lopez y Gamara (brand)
Place: Spain
Subject/theme:
cameras, photography
Resource
Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Date Taken: 1996
Record
Rights Type: CC0
Source: Ajuntament de Girona
Identifier: MC-MP02134