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| − | The '''Nacht Kamera''' is a | + | The '''Nacht Kamera''' is more-or-less a copy of [[Ernemann]]'s [[Ermanox]], made by [[Ernst Lorenz]] of Berlin in about 1926; it is based on Lorenz's [[Clarissa]] a hand-held camera with a large-aperture lens of portrait length, and a focal plane shutter, designed to allow photography in poor light; both cameras' names refer to night-time. |
The rear part of the camera is a rectangular, wooden box, housing the focal-plane shutter. On the front, the lens, a [[Meyer]] 9 cm [[Plasmat]] (the engravings acknowledge Paul Rudolph's ownership of the patent for the lens) is mounted on a lens-tube of length roughly equal to the body's depth. It has helical focusing. There is a plate on top of the lens-tube, giving the shutter settings to achieve each speed. | The rear part of the camera is a rectangular, wooden box, housing the focal-plane shutter. On the front, the lens, a [[Meyer]] 9 cm [[Plasmat]] (the engravings acknowledge Paul Rudolph's ownership of the patent for the lens) is mounted on a lens-tube of length roughly equal to the body's depth. It has helical focusing. There is a plate on top of the lens-tube, giving the shutter settings to achieve each speed. | ||
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As with most hand-held plate cameras, it is quite possible to use the camera with a ground-glass screen, but it is designed for more rapid use, with a folding [[viewfinder#Newton_finder|Newton viewfinder]] on the top. | As with most hand-held plate cameras, it is quite possible to use the camera with a ground-glass screen, but it is designed for more rapid use, with a folding [[viewfinder#Newton_finder|Newton viewfinder]] on the top. | ||
| − | + | Just three examples have been seen. One, with black leather covering and a 9 cm f/2 Plasmat, was sold at Westlicht in 2002.<ref>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=1&inO=492 Nacht Kamera] with black leather and 9cm f/2 Plasmat serial no. 291556, sold at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=1 first Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 15 November 2002; [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Lorenz-Berlin-Nacht-Kamera/AI-6-23931 the same camera] was offered for sale again at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-6/ sixth Westlicht auction], on 6 November 2004.</ref> Another with the same lens but red-brown leather (the camera pictured here) was sold in 2016.<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/E.-Lorenz-Berlin-Clarissa-Luxus-Nacht-Kamera/AI-29-33424 Nacht Kamera] with red-brown leather and 9cm f/2 Plasmat serial no. 291557 sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-29/ 29th Westlicht Photographica Auction], in November 2016.</ref> A camera with a 9cm f/1.5 Plasmat, with tropical leather covering and unpainted brass fittings, has been seen.<ref>Offered for sale in August 2013 on the Glasgow Craigslist.</ref> | |
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The Nacht Kamera is more-or-less a copy of Ernemann's Ermanox, made by Ernst Lorenz of Berlin in about 1926; it is based on Lorenz's Clarissa a hand-held camera with a large-aperture lens of portrait length, and a focal plane shutter, designed to allow photography in poor light; both cameras' names refer to night-time.
The rear part of the camera is a rectangular, wooden box, housing the focal-plane shutter. On the front, the lens, a Meyer 9 cm Plasmat (the engravings acknowledge Paul Rudolph's ownership of the patent for the lens) is mounted on a lens-tube of length roughly equal to the body's depth. It has helical focusing. There is a plate on top of the lens-tube, giving the shutter settings to achieve each speed.
As with most hand-held plate cameras, it is quite possible to use the camera with a ground-glass screen, but it is designed for more rapid use, with a folding Newton viewfinder on the top.
Just three examples have been seen. One, with black leather covering and a 9 cm f/2 Plasmat, was sold at Westlicht in 2002.[1] Another with the same lens but red-brown leather (the camera pictured here) was sold in 2016.[2] A camera with a 9cm f/1.5 Plasmat, with tropical leather covering and unpainted brass fittings, has been seen.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Nacht Kamera with black leather and 9cm f/2 Plasmat serial no. 291556, sold at the first Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 15 November 2002; the same camera was offered for sale again at the sixth Westlicht auction, on 6 November 2004.
- ↑ Nacht Kamera with red-brown leather and 9cm f/2 Plasmat serial no. 291557 sold at the 29th Westlicht Photographica Auction, in November 2016.
- ↑ Offered for sale in August 2013 on the Glasgow Craigslist.
