Objectiu E. Français / French Français
Un detall del preciós objectiu en llautó fabricat per E. Français de Paris fa uns 120 anys. És un gran angular rectilinear ("Rectilinéaire grand angle"). En destaca que el sistema d'apertura és de roda, per tant més primitiu que el diafragma. Això podria datar l'objectiu i potser la càmera entre el 1880 i 1900.
Aquesta és una de les càmeres més grans que tinc, tot i que per desgracia de moment no la puc fer servir. Es tracta d'una càmera de gran format del entorn del sny 1900. Aquest tipus de càmeres de fusta s'anomenen de diverses formes, sent la anglesa "tailboard camera" força comuna, però tambe reisekamera en alemany i "chambre de voyage" en francès. En aquests darrers casos, fa referencia a que era una camara "lleugera i transportable" (ehem) per a quan va sorgir, cap al 1860. De tota manera la majoria d'exemplars daten del periode 1890-1920.
Es tracta d'una càmera de plaques de vidre de format 13x18 cm, que es carreguen a la càmera en portaplaques de fusta que-no-tinc-ni-trobo (per això no la puc fer servir. Donat que les plaques de vidre de gelantino-bromur de finals s. XIX eren molt lentes, no cal ni obturador, ja que les exposicions eren com a mínim de 2 o 3 segons, i facilment de més. Obviament necessita trípode o una superficie on situar-la. És de tota manera una càmera molt plegable i transportable, ben pensada i amb el rellevant detall de protegir el vidre esmeril·lat, la part més fragil de la càmera.
En un principi permet fer fotografies vertical, però tota la manxa i el vidre esmerilat giren 90º per a fer fotos apaisades.
No conec amb certesa el fabricant de la càmera i obviament menys la data, però està marcada en diversos punts amb el nom "Sauthier" i l'objectiu és un E. Français, nom que sé que també fabricava cameres. Desgraciadament sembla que les marcava i no és el cas d'aquesta; i Sauthier no sembla conegut com a fabricant. De tota manera penso que algun d'aquests ha de ser, i en tot cas és d'origen francès i entorn l'any 1900.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Tailboard_camera
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C83.html
www.antiq-photo.com/en/collections/museum/e-francais-13-x...
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A detail of the beautiful brass wide angle lens of this camera. It's named E. Français (Paris), and specifically "Rectilinéaire grand angle" Serie E. Nº4. The aperture stops ar wheel-mounted, and that could mean it was made arround 1880-1900.
This is one of the biggest cameras I have, although unfortunately by now I cannot use it. It is a large format camera made around the year 1900. This type of wooden cameras are called in several ways, being the English "tailboard camera" quite common, but also "reisekamera" in German and "chambre de voyage" in french. This "travel" meaning refers to the fact that it was a "lightweight and transportable" camera (ehem) when it emerged, around 1860. In any case, the majority of surviving examples date from the period 1890-1920.
It is a 13x18 cm dry plate camera, which is loaded into the camera in a wooden holder that-I-can-not-find-on-eBay (that's why I can not use it. Since the glass plates of Gelantino-Bromure of the late 19th century were very slow, no need of shutter, since the exposures were at least 2 or 3 seconds long, and easily over. Obviously, it needs a tripod or a flat surface to place it. It's a very collapsible and transportable camera, well thought out and with the remarkable detail of protecting the ground glass, the most fragile part of the camera.
In the just-unfolded position, it allows you to take portrait pictures, but all the bellows and ground glass turn 90º to make possible to take landscape photos.
I do not know for sure the name of the manufacturer and obviously the date it was made, but it is marked in several places with the name "Sauthier" and the lens is an E. Français, who also made cameras. Unfortunately, it seems that he branded them and that is not the case; and "Sauthier" does not look like a known manufacturer. Anyway, I think that one of these must be, and in any case it is of French origin and made arround in the year 1900, probably earlier, as it lacks shutter.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Tailboard_camera
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C83.html
www.antiq-photo.com/en/collections/museum/e-francais-13-x...
Objectiu E. Français / French Français
Un detall del preciós objectiu en llautó fabricat per E. Français de Paris fa uns 120 anys. És un gran angular rectilinear ("Rectilinéaire grand angle"). En destaca que el sistema d'apertura és de roda, per tant més primitiu que el diafragma. Això podria datar l'objectiu i potser la càmera entre el 1880 i 1900.
Aquesta és una de les càmeres més grans que tinc, tot i que per desgracia de moment no la puc fer servir. Es tracta d'una càmera de gran format del entorn del sny 1900. Aquest tipus de càmeres de fusta s'anomenen de diverses formes, sent la anglesa "tailboard camera" força comuna, però tambe reisekamera en alemany i "chambre de voyage" en francès. En aquests darrers casos, fa referencia a que era una camara "lleugera i transportable" (ehem) per a quan va sorgir, cap al 1860. De tota manera la majoria d'exemplars daten del periode 1890-1920.
Es tracta d'una càmera de plaques de vidre de format 13x18 cm, que es carreguen a la càmera en portaplaques de fusta que-no-tinc-ni-trobo (per això no la puc fer servir. Donat que les plaques de vidre de gelantino-bromur de finals s. XIX eren molt lentes, no cal ni obturador, ja que les exposicions eren com a mínim de 2 o 3 segons, i facilment de més. Obviament necessita trípode o una superficie on situar-la. És de tota manera una càmera molt plegable i transportable, ben pensada i amb el rellevant detall de protegir el vidre esmeril·lat, la part més fragil de la càmera.
En un principi permet fer fotografies vertical, però tota la manxa i el vidre esmerilat giren 90º per a fer fotos apaisades.
No conec amb certesa el fabricant de la càmera i obviament menys la data, però està marcada en diversos punts amb el nom "Sauthier" i l'objectiu és un E. Français, nom que sé que també fabricava cameres. Desgraciadament sembla que les marcava i no és el cas d'aquesta; i Sauthier no sembla conegut com a fabricant. De tota manera penso que algun d'aquests ha de ser, i en tot cas és d'origen francès i entorn l'any 1900.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Tailboard_camera
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C83.html
www.antiq-photo.com/en/collections/museum/e-francais-13-x...
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A detail of the beautiful brass wide angle lens of this camera. It's named E. Français (Paris), and specifically "Rectilinéaire grand angle" Serie E. Nº4. The aperture stops ar wheel-mounted, and that could mean it was made arround 1880-1900.
This is one of the biggest cameras I have, although unfortunately by now I cannot use it. It is a large format camera made around the year 1900. This type of wooden cameras are called in several ways, being the English "tailboard camera" quite common, but also "reisekamera" in German and "chambre de voyage" in french. This "travel" meaning refers to the fact that it was a "lightweight and transportable" camera (ehem) when it emerged, around 1860. In any case, the majority of surviving examples date from the period 1890-1920.
It is a 13x18 cm dry plate camera, which is loaded into the camera in a wooden holder that-I-can-not-find-on-eBay (that's why I can not use it. Since the glass plates of Gelantino-Bromure of the late 19th century were very slow, no need of shutter, since the exposures were at least 2 or 3 seconds long, and easily over. Obviously, it needs a tripod or a flat surface to place it. It's a very collapsible and transportable camera, well thought out and with the remarkable detail of protecting the ground glass, the most fragile part of the camera.
In the just-unfolded position, it allows you to take portrait pictures, but all the bellows and ground glass turn 90º to make possible to take landscape photos.
I do not know for sure the name of the manufacturer and obviously the date it was made, but it is marked in several places with the name "Sauthier" and the lens is an E. Français, who also made cameras. Unfortunately, it seems that he branded them and that is not the case; and "Sauthier" does not look like a known manufacturer. Anyway, I think that one of these must be, and in any case it is of French origin and made arround in the year 1900, probably earlier, as it lacks shutter.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Tailboard_camera
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C83.html
www.antiq-photo.com/en/collections/museum/e-francais-13-x...