Pistolgraph

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Skaife, Thomas
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England. London
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1859
FILM TYPE: wet plate
IMAGE SIZE: 1 1/8 diameter
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 10 guineas
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  wet plate
  subminiature
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Dallmeyer 40mm f/2.2 (Petzval type)
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Small pistol-shaped wet plate camera producing 1 1/8 diameter images
  on 1 1/8 x 1 1/2 plates. Base functions as both camera stand and
  storage case. Shutter consists of two small doors which are operated
  by a rubber band; shutter speed estimated by Skaife to be 1/10 sec.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: S6264.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1150

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973.//