The Facile Hand Detective Camera was designed and manufactured by F. Miall, and sold by Jonathan Fallowfield in 1889. The early Facile was a magazine detective camera which was camouflaged in a brown paper parcel to resemble a parcel. The camera was constructed of mahogany and weighs approximately 4 lb.

The plates were stored in an internal rack and then dropped once exposed. It was fitted with a 5 inch Rapid Rectilinear lens and a simple reflex viewfinder on the top.

A more common looking focusing facile box camera was introduced in 1893 that refined the camera.

Photo Courtesy of Rob Niederman - AntiqueWoodCameras.com © All Rights Reserved

CLICK HERE for a list of Jonathan Fallowfield cameras.


Historic Camera Value and Rating - Estimating Overall Worth (about)

# 1401
2015-06-09 17:13:40