The Takuquick Ferrotype Camera was introduced by Jonathan Fallowfield in circa 1903.
Designed as an automatic ferrotype camera for taking photographs Victoria size. The camera was capable of accepting a plate magazine which contained forty sheaths. A small focusing screen was provided for focusing perior to taking the exposure. The camera was well made, with every detail in process carefully thought out. The proces from when the plates are inserted to the final picture developed, took only a few seconds in broad daylight. The original price of the complete apparatus was £6 6s.

The process involved the withdrawing a metal plunger and replacing it, thereby having one plate transferred into the exposing chamber. After the exposure has been made the metal handle is withdrawn, which brings the plate into the developing box. This box is divided into three sections each containing a vulcanite trough. In the first of these troughs holds the developing solution, in the second the fixing solution and in the third, water for washing. The plate. When in the developing solution is contained in a metal cage and it is transferred from the one solution to the other by means of the metal sliding bar. The bar also moves upwards and downwards so that the plate can be kept moving in the solutions.

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