Half Plate Tailboard Camera and lens

Clean and well made half plate, 13cm by 18cm plate size, camera and plate holder suitable for wetplate.

wet plate collodion camera from Villa Roquette

halfplate camera with one plate holder,

This is a classic wood and brass camera, typical of the late 18th century. it has a French lens – Tardy of Lyon – giving full coverage.

lens made by Tardy of Lyon for the hal plate camera

The camera is working very well, I have used this for making collodion negatives

Wet Plate Collodion Negative on glass

Wet Plate Collodion Negative on glass

ground glass screen of camera with Tardy lens

ground glass screen of camera with Tardy lens

Setting up Camera

Setting up Camera

The price for this camera, lens and plate holder is 350 euro – come to the residential wetplate workshops held at Villa Roquette and get a 25% discount of this price