The No. 4 Tella box camera was manufactured by the Tella Camera Co. of London in circa 1899. The Tella No. 4 camera was an automatic changing, flat film camera, capable of capturing the larger 5 x 4 inch sized images. Films were inserted in the chamber at the back of the camera in packets of 25, with the chamber capable of holding 50. There was a small celluloid separator between each film to enable separate during the changing. The No. 4 Tella featured an adjustable focus 6 inch Cooke Anastigmat F6.5 lens. An accurate scales provides focusing as close as two yards, no magnifiers were required. The shutter provided speeds from 1/2 to 1/100th of a second and time exposures, with a built-in exposure meter. The front provided both vertical and horizontal adjustment. The camera also featured two "Adams" patent Brilliant finders. The camera measures 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches and weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces when loaded with 50 films. The No. 3 Tella box camera was priced at £14 14s.

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