The Primus No. 9 Camera was manufactured by the W. Butcher & Sons Ltd. Company in circa 1898. It was a magazine twin lens camera that originally retailed for 50s. It is constructed of a mahogany body covered in real morocco leather. Designed with a full sized finder on top of the camera with a hooded cover. The magazine is capable of holding twelve quarter sized plates in sheaths. Fitted with a single achromatic view lens with iris diaphragm and a time and instantaneous shutter. A feature shows the number of exposures taken. The plates are changed by rack and pinion movement.

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