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German flint-lock carbine

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An image of Weapons. Flint-lock carbine. Production Place: Germany. Length, whole, 97.0 cm, weight, whole, 3810.0 g, circa 1690.

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Weapons. Flint-lock carbine. Production Place: Germany. Length, whole, 97.0 cm, weight, whole, 3810.0 g, circa 1690.

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  • Accession Number: HEN.M.434-1933
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 335 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 48.72kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2015:07:13 15:22:51

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