Minnigraph
The Minnigraph is an early 35 mm camera, made by Levy-Roth of Berlin in about 1915. McKeown states that it was the first European still camera to use cine film.[1] It makes what were later considered half-frame (18x24 mm) pictures, on film held in special cassettes. The body of the camera is metal, and is broadly a long box with one rounded corner(at the top front, when the camera is held to take a horizontal picture).
McKeown lists the camera with either a 50 mm f/3.5 Minnigraph anastigmat or an f/3 Pentagraph Berlin lens.[1] It has a single-speed flap shutter. There is a folding frame-finder on the right side (again, with the camera held to take a horizontal picture).
McKeown shows the camera with a lamphouse accessory mounted at the rear, allowing it to be used as a projector.[1]
| Camera industry in Berlin |
| Agfa | Amigo | Astro Berlin | Bermpohl | Bopp | B+W | Foth | Goerz | Grass & Worff | Levy-Roth | Ernst Lorenz | Plasmat | Rudolph | Rothgiesser & Schlossmann | Rüdersdorf | Schulze & Billerbeck | Sida | Stegemann | Romain Talbot |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p621.
Links
- Minnigraph serial no. 912, with the Minnigraph lens, sold at the 23rd Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 25 May 2013. Pictures showing several views of the camera, including the film chamber.
