The L.G. Premier camera outfit was manufactured by Louis Gandolfi of London in circa 1898. It was made of well seasoned honduras mahogany, leather bellows and brass hardware fittings. It featured a double swing back, reversing frame, rising and falling front, double extension base and bellows with rack and pinion movement, and a leather handle. Made in quarter plate, half plate, whole plate, 8 x 10inches and 12 x 10 inches. The camera was fitted with a double achromatic rapid rectilinear lens with iris diaphragm and mounted in a Thornton-Pickard time and instantaneous shutter. Priced from £3 8s 0d to £10 7s 0d.

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