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The '''Lumiclub''' was a 6×6cm camera made by the French maker [[Lumière]]. The body is big and heavy. The lens and shutter assembly was mounted on a telescopic tube. The lens was a coated four element [[Berthiot]] Flor 75/3.5 and the [[leaf shutter]] was a synchronized [[Royer]] from 1s to 1/300. There is a lever film advance, with double exposure prevention, but not coupled to the shutter. There were two viewfinders, an optical Galilean finder and a waist level [[brilliant finder]], placed symmetrically, under a hood. The Lumiclub had a built-in [[light meter|extinction meter]] called ''Lumipose''. It could take 4.5×6cm pictures with a mask in the film plane, the framing being indicated in the finder.
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The '''Lumiclub''' is a 6×6cm camera made by the French maker [[Lumière]]. The body is big and heavy. The lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube. The lens is a coated four-element [[Berthiot]] Flor 75/3.5 and the [[leaf shutter]] a synchronised [[Royer]] with speeds 1 to 1/300 second, plus 'B'. There is a lever film advance, with double exposure prevention, but not coupled to the shutter. The camera has two viewfinders, a reverse-Galilean finder and a waist level [[brilliant finder]], placed symmetrically, under a hood. The Lumiclub has a built-in [[light meter|extinction meter]] called ''Lumipose''. It can take 4.5×6cm pictures, with a mask in the film plane, the framing being indicated in the finder.
  
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The '''Lumière 6×6''' is a cheaper alternative to the Lumiclub. It is a 6×6cm [[folding]] camera based on the same body. The extinction meter and the two finders are similar, but it has no hood to cover the waist-level finder. The lens is a Lumière Spector 80/4.5, and the shutter has speeds 1/10 to 1/250 second, plus 'B'. The metal trimming, chromed on the Lumiclub, is painted black on the Lumière 6×6.
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The '''Lumière 6×6''' was a cheaper alternative to the Lumiclub. It was a 6×6cm [[folding]] camera based on the same body. The extinction meter and the two finders were similar, but it had no hood to cover the waist-level finder. The lens was a Lumière Spector 80/4.5, and the shutter was from 1/10 to 1/250. The metal trimming, chromed on the Lumiclub, was painted black on the Lumière 6×6.
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Vial says that the body cast of the Lumiclub and Lumière 6x6 was probably the one [[Pontiac]] had developed for the [[Versailles]] project. Some elements supporting this theory are the bulkiness of the body, originally designed for 65mm perforated film (alias [[70mm film]]), and the two finder windows, that are reminiscent of the [[coupled rangefinder]] intended on the Versailles.
  
Vial says that the body cast of the Lumiclub and Lumière 6x6 was probably the one [[Pontiac]] had developed for the [[Versailles]] project. Some elements supporting the theory are the bulkiness of the body, originally designed for 65mm perforated film (alias [[70mm film]]), and the two finder windows, that would be a reminiscence of the [[coupled rangefinder]] intended on the Versailles.
 
  
 
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/lumiere/html/lumiere_lumiclub.php Lumiclub] and [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/lumiere/html/lumiere_lumiere6x6.php Lumière 6x6] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11277 Lumiclub] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand
 
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_L_980.html Lumiclub] and [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_L_990.html Lumière 6×6] among [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste-Lumiere.html Lumière cameras], and pictures of the Lumiclub in [http://glangl1.free.fr/Parole/Eljy_Lumiere_A.html this page] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/ G. Langlois' site]
 
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_L_980.html Lumiclub] and [http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_L_990.html Lumière 6×6] among [http://glangl1.free.fr/Liste-Lumiere.html Lumière cameras], and pictures of the Lumiclub in [http://glangl1.free.fr/Parole/Eljy_Lumiere_A.html this page] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/ G. Langlois' site]
* [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=423. Lumiclub] and [http://clicclac.free.fr/unappareil.php?numero=426. Lumière 6×6] among [http://clicclac.free.fr/clicclac.php?page=appareils_marque.php?marque=LUMIERE Lumière cameras] at [http://clicclac.free.fr/ ClicClac]
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* [http://www.click-clack.fr/picture.php?/542/category/443 Lumiclub] and [http://www.click-clack.fr/picture.php?/545/category/443 Lumière 6×6] among [http://www.click-clack.fr/index.php?/category/443 Lumière cameras] at [http://www.click-clack.fr/ ClicClac]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/stereocollection/appareilspost39/imglumiere/lumiclub.htm Lumiclub] at [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/stereocollection/ Stereocollection]
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* [https://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/Appareils%20photo/marques/Lumiereclub.html Lumiclub] at [http://stereocollection.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.html Stereocollection]
  
 
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[[Category: 6x6 viewfinder folding]]
 
[[Category: 6x6 viewfinder folding]]
 
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Latest revision as of 07:20, 27 February 2022

The Lumiclub is a 6×6cm camera made by the French maker Lumière. The body is big and heavy. The lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube. The lens is a coated four-element Berthiot Flor 75/3.5 and the leaf shutter a synchronised Royer with speeds 1 to 1/300 second, plus 'B'. There is a lever film advance, with double exposure prevention, but not coupled to the shutter. The camera has two viewfinders, a reverse-Galilean finder and a waist level brilliant finder, placed symmetrically, under a hood. The Lumiclub has a built-in extinction meter called Lumipose. It can take 4.5×6cm pictures, with a mask in the film plane, the framing being indicated in the finder.

The Lumière 6×6 is a cheaper alternative to the Lumiclub. It is a 6×6cm folding camera based on the same body. The extinction meter and the two finders are similar, but it has no hood to cover the waist-level finder. The lens is a Lumière Spector 80/4.5, and the shutter has speeds 1/10 to 1/250 second, plus 'B'. The metal trimming, chromed on the Lumiclub, is painted black on the Lumière 6×6.

Vial says that the body cast of the Lumiclub and Lumière 6x6 was probably the one Pontiac had developed for the Versailles project. Some elements supporting this theory are the bulkiness of the body, originally designed for 65mm perforated film (alias 70mm film), and the two finder windows, that are reminiscent of the coupled rangefinder intended on the Versailles.


Bibliography

  • Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.

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