A Nagel plate camera that mirrors the Recomar 33 that was in the range at the same time. In fact they appear to share a good number of common parts.... I'm sure there must be a good reason? Although maybe not, as Kodak didn't continue with it after buying out Nagel, apparently prefering to go with the Recomar 33 instead. So what we have here is a rather short lived camera featuring rise/fall and cross movements on the lensboard and double extension bellows allowing one to one reproduction on the negative. Although technically a "view" camera. ie. the image is inspected for focus on a ground glass screen, the camera is fitted with both a wire frame finder and a waist level finder to allow use without a tripod. A well made camera which folds to suprisingly small proportions bearing in mind the 9x12cm plate size, this one comes with a Schneider Kreuznach lens allowing it to be dated to 1932, making it one of the last Nagels made.
This camera was rescued in 2005 in poor condition with extensive corrosion and damage and was put into the restoration queue. It went into the workshop in December 2007 and emerged after a fairly extensive conservation, repair and restoration process in mid January 2008. The camera is a good example of our pragmatic approach to our restoration policy and the process was documented for later inclusion to the workshop pages.
