Rochester Peerless View Camera - 1887
Modeled after photos and an old instruction brochure.
Material in the original camera was mahogany, cherry wood, artificial leather, and nickel-plated metal parts. Lens in brass.
The Rochester Optical Company was bought up by Kodak in 1903.
The photographer is modeled after August Strindberg,- A famous Swedish writer at the time.
Darlot was a popular french lens for portraits. These were of a revolutionary type called "Petzval lenses" that shortened the exposure time from 10 minutes to 30 seconds.
It gave a good sharpness in the middle, but vignetting at the edges.
You can see in the video animation below how the camera worked...
Camera & Selfie Stick 1887 - 3D-Animation
Old selfie stick ad...
Old glass plate selfie.
with sound
Full equipment with plate holder, camera box, flash and tripod. The flash is triggered by a detonator cap, controlled by a spring.
I tried to keep the polycount as low as possible without losing too much details.
Some of the texture maps.