Una càmera especial... per a mí / A very special personal camera
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Aquesta és, en principi, una càmera força similar a uns quantes que tinc a la col·lecció: una càmera de plaques format 9x12cm, alemana dels anys 20. Força comunes, com les Ernemann Heag, Bülter & Stammer, o KW Patent Etui que també vaig mostrar.
Però aquesta camera, que no és meva (només me l'han deixat), té un lloc especial: era la càmera del meu avi patern, del qual porto tant el nom com el primer cognom. I encara més, tinc escanejades algunes de les fotos que va fer el meu avi amb plaques de vidre a finals dels 20 i principis dels 30. Fins i tot un retrat del meu pare amb menys d'un any!
Es tracta, en fi, d'una Ihagee Patent Duplex 720, de 9x12cm. L'obturador és un ubicu Compur, i l'objectiu un Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat Veraplan f4.5 de 135mm. En un lateral porta una plaqueta de la marca Ihagee Kamerawerk. Fou fabricada a Dresde probablement el 1926-27. El nº de serie del obturador indica aquest any, el del objectiu i concorda, i aquesta variant "antiga" de la Patent Duplex es fabricà fins al 1927. Posteriornment l'estructura de fusta passà a ser metal·lica, i altres detalls canviaren.
ADDENDA: revisant la informació, sembla que dataria més aviat del 1924-1925.
Mecànicament funciona molt bé, fins i tot les velocitats lentes (un problema usual en aquests obturadors). L'unic problema sembla ser el parcial emboirament del objectiu. Juntament amb la càmera es troben 6 portaplaques i la bossa de pelll original. Com ja he dit, està encara en mans d'un familiar, però no en les meves. Però hi he trobat certa solució, ja ho veureu...
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This should be a camera quite similar to a few that I have in the collection: a German plate camera in 9x12 format, typical of the 20's. Almost identical to others such as the Ernemann Heag, Bülter & Stammer, or KW Patent Etui that I have showed earlier.
But this camera, which is not mine (it's owned by a close family member), has a special place: it was my grandfather's camera, the one that gave me my name. And even more, I have some of the photos in dry plate that my grandfather took in the late 20's and early 30's with this machine. Even a portrait of my father less than a year old!
This is, in short, a German Ihagee Patent Duplex 720, 9x12cm. The shutter is the ubiquitous dial-set Compur, and the lens is a Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat Veraplan f4.5/135mm. On one side it has a plaque of the Ihagee Kamerawerk brand. It was manufactured in Dresden probably in 1926-27. The serial number of the shutter indicates this year, and the one in the lens concurs; this "old" variant of the Patent Duplex was manufactured from 1922 until 1927. After that, the wood structure became metallic, and other details changed, like the brilliant viewfinder to one side.
ADDENDA: looking again at the serial numbers, specially the Compur shutters, now it seems that this camera date from c.1924-1925.
Mechanically it works almost as new, even in the slow speeds (a common problem in these shutters). The only problem seems to be the partial fogging of the objective. Along with the camera are 6 plate holders and the original leather case. As I said, it is owned by a relative, not in mine. But I found a certain solution to that, you will see ... ;-)
www.camarassinfronteras.com/ihuee/ihagee.html
Una càmera especial... per a mí / A very special personal camera
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Aquesta és, en principi, una càmera força similar a uns quantes que tinc a la col·lecció: una càmera de plaques format 9x12cm, alemana dels anys 20. Força comunes, com les Ernemann Heag, Bülter & Stammer, o KW Patent Etui que també vaig mostrar.
Però aquesta camera, que no és meva (només me l'han deixat), té un lloc especial: era la càmera del meu avi patern, del qual porto tant el nom com el primer cognom. I encara més, tinc escanejades algunes de les fotos que va fer el meu avi amb plaques de vidre a finals dels 20 i principis dels 30. Fins i tot un retrat del meu pare amb menys d'un any!
Es tracta, en fi, d'una Ihagee Patent Duplex 720, de 9x12cm. L'obturador és un ubicu Compur, i l'objectiu un Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat Veraplan f4.5 de 135mm. En un lateral porta una plaqueta de la marca Ihagee Kamerawerk. Fou fabricada a Dresde probablement el 1926-27. El nº de serie del obturador indica aquest any, el del objectiu i concorda, i aquesta variant "antiga" de la Patent Duplex es fabricà fins al 1927. Posteriornment l'estructura de fusta passà a ser metal·lica, i altres detalls canviaren.
ADDENDA: revisant la informació, sembla que dataria més aviat del 1924-1925.
Mecànicament funciona molt bé, fins i tot les velocitats lentes (un problema usual en aquests obturadors). L'unic problema sembla ser el parcial emboirament del objectiu. Juntament amb la càmera es troben 6 portaplaques i la bossa de pelll original. Com ja he dit, està encara en mans d'un familiar, però no en les meves. Però hi he trobat certa solució, ja ho veureu...
www.camarassinfronteras.com/ihagee/ihagee.html
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This should be a camera quite similar to a few that I have in the collection: a German plate camera in 9x12 format, typical of the 20's. Almost identical to others such as the Ernemann Heag, Bülter & Stammer, or KW Patent Etui that I have showed earlier.
But this camera, which is not mine (it's owned by a close family member), has a special place: it was my grandfather's camera, the one that gave me my name. And even more, I have some of the photos in dry plate that my grandfather took in the late 20's and early 30's with this machine. Even a portrait of my father less than a year old!
This is, in short, a German Ihagee Patent Duplex 720, 9x12cm. The shutter is the ubiquitous dial-set Compur, and the lens is a Hugo Meyer Doppel-Anastigmat Veraplan f4.5/135mm. On one side it has a plaque of the Ihagee Kamerawerk brand. It was manufactured in Dresden probably in 1926-27. The serial number of the shutter indicates this year, and the one in the lens concurs; this "old" variant of the Patent Duplex was manufactured from 1922 until 1927. After that, the wood structure became metallic, and other details changed, like the brilliant viewfinder to one side.
ADDENDA: looking again at the serial numbers, specially the Compur shutters, now it seems that this camera date from c.1924-1925.
Mechanically it works almost as new, even in the slow speeds (a common problem in these shutters). The only problem seems to be the partial fogging of the objective. Along with the camera are 6 plate holders and the original leather case. As I said, it is owned by a relative, not in mine. But I found a certain solution to that, you will see ... ;-)
www.camarassinfronteras.com/ihuee/ihagee.html