Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Amateur Photographer

    The cameras

    Dec 31, 2019 7 minutes

    Sanderson Regular

    LAUNCHED 1902

    MANUFACTURER Houghton & Son, London

    GUIDE PRICE TODAY £150-200

    Frederick Sanderson first made cameras in London in 1895, before handing over manufacture to Houghton. Initially, large-format wood and brass cameras were made, notable for the universal swing movements of the front panel. The Regular is a smaller model, known as a hand and stand camera, because it could be used handheld or on a tripod. It takes quarter-plate (3.25x4.25in /8x11cm) glass plates and allows for interchangeable lenses and shutters. A hinged panel in the top accommodates the bellows when large amounts of rise are applied to the lens panel.

    Aptus Ferrotype Camera

    LAUNCHED 1913

    MANUFACTURER Moore & Co, Liverpool

    GUIDE PRICE TODAY £300-350

    The first Aptus cameras were made in the late 1800s and continued right up until the 1950s. This 1913 model is an early form of instant picture camera. It takes ferrotypes, or tintypes, which are held in the base of the camera, pulled into the shooting position by a lever-operated mechanism on the side, then dropped into a tank below the camera to develop in a one-shot developing and fixing solution in about five minutes.

    Because the images are made on tin, they can

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Amateur Photographer

    Amateur Photographer1 min read
    Canon Finally Opens Up RF Mount
    SIGMA is releasing six APS-C lenses for Canon EOS RF mount, thus widening the choice of glass for Canon’s previously ‘closed’ RF system. First to hit the market is the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN, equivalent to 29-80mm on Canon APS-C bodies and availabl
    Amateur Photographer2 min read
    Buying Guide
    Interchangeable lenses come in a huge array of types for shooting different kinds of subjects IN GENERAL, the easiest way to expand the kinds of pictures you can take is by buying different types of lenses. For example, telephoto lenses let you zoom
    Amateur Photographer1 min read
    Magnum Photos: Hip To Be Square
    MAGNUM Photos is holding another of its long-running square print sales, giving customers the chance to buy 6x6in, limited-edition prints from Magnum photographers. The latest sale features images from well-known names such as Martin Parr, Elliott Er

    Related Books & Audiobooks