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| − | The '''Appareil Dubroni | + | The '''Appareil Dubroni''' is a box camera for wet collodion plates. It was invented by Jules Bourdin and was produced from 1864 to 1870. "Dubroni" is an anagram of the name Bourdin; notes to an auction lot at Westlicht state that Bourdin's father did not want the family name associated with his invention.<ref name=W1>[https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=9717&_ssl=off#9717 Dubroni Photographie de Poche] outfit: camera (a No. 1, for 4 cm ''round'' exposures on 5 cm square plates) with Dubroni Petzval lens and amber glass interior lining, plates, chemical bottles, pipette and wooden outfit box, sold at the [https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=8138&acat=8138&lang=3 November 2003 Westlicht Photographica Auction]; several excellent photographs.</ref> The interior of this camera is lined with glass or porcelain so that sensitization, development and fixing of each plate can be done inside the camera; this was the first camera to use such a system.<ref name=W1/> The chemical solutions were put into and out of the camera with a bulb pipette. There is a large red window in the back of the camera, with a swivelling metal cover (or a hinged wooden one in some models), so that operations inside the camera can be viewed.<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C80.html Dubroni No. 1] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> |
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| + | The camera was made in four sizes:<ref name=EP/> | ||
| + | * No. 1, or '''Photographie de Poche''', for 4 cm ''round'' exposures on 5 cm square plates | ||
| + | * No. 2, for 5x5 cm or 4.5x5 cm exposures | ||
| + | * No. 3, or '''Photographie de Salon''', for 7x9 cm ''oval'' exposures (very suitable for portraits)<ref>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=210848&_ssl=off#210848 Dubroni No. 3 outfit], near-complete, including a wooden tripod, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=197084&acat=197084&lang=3 December 2010 Westlicht auction].</ref><ref>[https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=9719&_ssl=off#9719 Dubroni No. 3], sold at the November 2003 Westlicht auction.</ref> | ||
| + | * No. 4, for 8x10 cm or 9x10 cm exposures | ||
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| + | ''Early Photography'' shows a No. 1 camera in some detail, and explains the processing sequence.<ref name=EP/> | ||
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| + | Dubroni also made more conventional cameras. | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | * [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm?item59 Museum of the History of Science] | + | * [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm?item59 Dubroni integral processing camera] in the exhibition [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras ''Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging''] at the [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk Museum of the History of Science, Oxford], 20 May - 13 September, 1997. |
| − | * [http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mD819300002_ful.html Eastman collection] | + | <!-- Dead link as at June 2012: * [http://www.eastman.org/fm/mees/htmlsrc/mD819300002_ful.html Eastman collection] --> |
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Revision as of 18:50, 6 June 2012
The Appareil Dubroni is a box camera for wet collodion plates. It was invented by Jules Bourdin and was produced from 1864 to 1870. "Dubroni" is an anagram of the name Bourdin; notes to an auction lot at Westlicht state that Bourdin's father did not want the family name associated with his invention.[1] The interior of this camera is lined with glass or porcelain so that sensitization, development and fixing of each plate can be done inside the camera; this was the first camera to use such a system.[1] The chemical solutions were put into and out of the camera with a bulb pipette. There is a large red window in the back of the camera, with a swivelling metal cover (or a hinged wooden one in some models), so that operations inside the camera can be viewed.[2]
The camera was made in four sizes:[2]
- No. 1, or Photographie de Poche, for 4 cm round exposures on 5 cm square plates
- No. 2, for 5x5 cm or 4.5x5 cm exposures
- No. 3, or Photographie de Salon, for 7x9 cm oval exposures (very suitable for portraits)[3][4]
- No. 4, for 8x10 cm or 9x10 cm exposures
Early Photography shows a No. 1 camera in some detail, and explains the processing sequence.[2]
Dubroni also made more conventional cameras.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dubroni Photographie de Poche outfit: camera (a No. 1, for 4 cm round exposures on 5 cm square plates) with Dubroni Petzval lens and amber glass interior lining, plates, chemical bottles, pipette and wooden outfit box, sold at the November 2003 Westlicht Photographica Auction; several excellent photographs.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dubroni No. 1 at Early Photography.
- ↑ Dubroni No. 3 outfit, near-complete, including a wooden tripod, sold at the December 2010 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ Dubroni No. 3, sold at the November 2003 Westlicht auction.
Links
- Dubroni integral processing camera in the exhibition Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, 20 May - 13 September, 1997.
