Ernemann Multicolor

The Ernemann Multicolor was a falling-plate magazine camera optimized for color separation. Instead of two internal reflecting type viewfinders it had just one for vertical shots and in addition a collapsible Newton type finder. This measure saved room inside the camera, room for an internal set of color filters for red, green and blue. For three-color photography the camera had to be mounted onto a heavy solid tripod and fixed to shoot the non-moving image subject. Then three plates had to be shot, each with another one of the three filters.

Advertisement for 'Multicolore' detective cameras with built-in filters for color separation use. Ernemann made this camera, but here it is advertised rebranded in France. La Nature, 13 July 1901. Scan by Abdishev (Image rights)