Serial Number: Cam0026
Type:
Folding camera for type No. 120 rollfilm
Manufacturer:
Kershaw Soho (Sales) Ltd
Country of Origin:
England
Production Period:
1947
Approximate Price:
USD 60.00 - 70.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
The Kershaw Raven is a black Bakelite
folding camera for type No. 120 rollfilm. It was made
in England by (or for) Kershaw Soho (Sales) Ltd.,
c.1947. The Bakelite front door is part of the bellows'
self-erecting mechanism, and is reinforced with a
metal plate to mount the folding struts. the door
carries a tripod bush and a folding leg; a second
tripod bush for landscape format pictures is mounted
in side. When unfolded the lens standard position is
fixed.
The Raven has a focusable 1:6.3 F=4in Kershaw
Anastigmat[1] triplet lens, a self-cocking dial-set
shutter with three speeds, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 plus T
and B, aperture stops from f6.3 to f22, a reflecting
"brilliant" type finder and a collapsible two-frame
finder.
