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    What is this on my Century Studio camera

    It must be some type of mounting bracket--I just don't know what for. Maybe a hood of some sort? I've seen them on other camera's in photos but never in operation. Reference the small plate with a wing nut.
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    I've seen these before. I think it was for a vignetter that was on a rod affair and could be flipped up in front of the lens.

    What happened to the front glass of the Bi-Quality?
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    Jim,
    You just about made my heart stop. I had the camera up at the cabin over the 4th and had been lugging it around. When I saw your comment then looked at the pic I thought "Oh no--the front element fell out in Wisconsin and I never noticed". Thats the fastest Ive gotten out of a chair and across the house in a long time. No worries, its just fine--must have been the flash making it appear that way.

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    Whatever it is, it must have been a fairly common accessory. I have a Century with an assortment of extra holes, some of which would probably match your accessory. Some of these cameras must have been tricked out with quite a collection of gadgets during their working lives.

    I had always thought that the cartoon "Watch the birdie!" line was just a vaudeville joke; maybe now I know how the birdie was attached to the camera...

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    Quote Originally Posted by greybeard View Post
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    I had always thought that the cartoon "Watch the birdie!" line was just a vaudeville joke; maybe now I know how the birdie was attached to the camera...
    No, not a joke:
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Earl...ht_4830wt_1141

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    That's not a lug for your neck strap??
    Develop, stop, fix.... wait.... where's my film?

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    It's where you hook up a shortwave radio antenna (so your cameras has wireless capabilities)

    Seems like somewhere on here http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/catalogs.htm there is a picture in a catalog of it being used for accessories like a vignetter.

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    No, not a joke:
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-Earl...ht_4830wt_1141


    That's really nifty; thanks for pointing it out.

    (I was taught to use my car keys when photographing babies and pets...)



 

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