Blair Camera Company,
Improved Hawk-Eye Detective Camera, Leather Covered Variation
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| This is a leather-covered variation of Blair's Improved
Detective Camera of 1893-1898. The Rapid Rectilinear lens has wheel-set
stops and is set behind a three-speed Blair shutter which was built into
the front door. Shutter speeds were
selected by using a metal tensioning device (the pin-like piece of metal
visible at the top of the door), and two different shutter releases
handled time versus instantaneous exposures.
The camera takes 4 x 5 inch exposures on glass plates, and is focused via the black-painted brass wheel at top-front-left as one holds the camera. |
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Click here to view the exposed-wood variation of this camera.
Click here to see the first version of the Blair Hawk-eye Detective (wood exterior)
Click here to see the first version of the Blair Hawk-eye Detective (leather exterior)
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