Adams Idento

{"overview":"The Adams Idento is a British-made folding plate camera produced by Adams & Co. of London, an early twentieth-century maker known for hand-built precision cameras aimed at the professional and serious amateur market. Values today are condition-sensitive: examples with intact bellows, a working shutter and the original lens tend to sell for more, while incomplete or distressed bodies fetch the lower end of the range at saleroom level.","buying_guide":"Inspect the leather-covered body and bellows for cracking or pinholes, as replacements for early British folders are difficult to source. Check that the shutter fires at all marked speeds and that the strut mechanism locks rigidly, since worn pivots affect focus accuracy.

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