Le Monobloc simplifié
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Le Monobloc simplifié was a sophisticated stereo camera for use with special metal film plate magazine drawer as back. It was badged "Le Monobloc, Ch. Broutin, constructeur, 49, Boul. Pasteur, Paris XV". Probably Ch. Broutin was the maker, other samples are attributed to other makers. Probably the camera is a good sample of a highly sophisticated hand-crafted stereo magazine camera design on which several Parisien camera makers were specialized in the 1910s and 1920s. Making Le Monobloc may have been so expensive that any craftsman who took over its production abandoned the experiment soon. At least four makers are known for Le Monobloc and Le Monobloc simplifié.
Links
- Le Monobloc simplifié at Early Photography [1]
- Le Monobloc simplifié, discussion at Sylvain Halgand's [2]
- PDF document about Le Monobloc variants at BRocantina [3]
