Difference between revisions of "Murer & Duroni"
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* Express Newness: wooden falling-plate detective cameras for various plate sizes, c.1900; ''very'' similar to cameras made by several other firms (). The cameras have Murer anastigmat lenses,<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p704-5.</ref> a guillotine shutter with several speeds, and six aperture stops (i.e. selectable fixed stops, not an iris). Other than the square-format and stereo models, they have two [[Viewfinder#Watson finders|Watson-type viewfinders]], for vertical and horizontal orientation. | * Express Newness: wooden falling-plate detective cameras for various plate sizes, c.1900; ''very'' similar to cameras made by several other firms (). The cameras have Murer anastigmat lenses,<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p704-5.</ref> a guillotine shutter with several speeds, and six aperture stops (i.e. selectable fixed stops, not an iris). Other than the square-format and stereo models, they have two [[Viewfinder#Watson finders|Watson-type viewfinders]], for vertical and horizontal orientation. | ||
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** Express Newness Stereo 9×18 cm,<ref name=ENStereo>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=218381&_ssl=off#218381 Express Newness Stereo falling-plate box camera] for 9×18 cm plates, about 1905, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215787&acat=215787&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna.</ref> with a simple reflex viewfinder (perhaps a Watson type like the other models) in a small folding hood. | ** Express Newness Stereo 9×18 cm,<ref name=ENStereo>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=218381&_ssl=off#218381 Express Newness Stereo falling-plate box camera] for 9×18 cm plates, about 1905, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215787&acat=215787&lang=3 May 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction] in Vienna.</ref> with a simple reflex viewfinder (perhaps a Watson type like the other models) in a small folding hood. | ||
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| + | * Strut-folding plate cameras with '''focal plane shutter''', about 1905-1930s. These are metal-bodied with leather covering. McKeown states that there are models in all the same plate sizes as the Express Newness,<ref name=McK></ref> plus stereo models for 4.5×10.7 cm and 6×13 cm plates.<ref name=StrutStereo>[http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=15038&_ssl=off#15038 4.5×10.7 cm stereo strut-folding camera], about 1920, with focal plane shutter, 60 mm f/4.5 Murer Anastigmat lenses with iris diaphragm, and Newton finder attached to sliding lens cover. Sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=13889&acat=13889&offset=1&lang=3 November 2002 Westlicht auction].</ref> | ||
| + | * Salex Murer: miniature strut-folding camera for 40×55 mm photographs on plates or film packs.<ref>[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm?item92 1922 Salex Murer camera] in an exhibition [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm ''Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging''] at the [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Museum of the History of Science]. The camera has a 70 mm f/5.5 anastigmat with helical focusing to one metre, and focal-plane shutter with speeds up to 1/1000 second. Ground-glass focusing is also possible. There is a [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] with the front part mounted in a sliding lens cover, like the earlier [[Gaumont Block-Notes]].</ref> | ||
| + | * Sprite: a strut-folding camera for 4.5×6 cm plates or [[127 film|127 roll film]] | ||
| + | * UF (strut folder, c.1910) | ||
| + | * UP-M (strut folder, c.1924) | ||
| + | * SL Special | ||
| + | * Stereo SL Special | ||
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| + | ===Other cameras=== | ||
| + | * [[Murer's Express]] | ||
| + | * Muro (folder, 1914) | ||
* Piccolo (roll-film [[jumelle]] camera, c.1900) | * Piccolo (roll-film [[jumelle]] camera, c.1900) | ||
* Reflex (6.5x9cm SLR, c.1920s) | * Reflex (6.5x9cm SLR, c.1920s) | ||
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* SL (Box, c.1900) | * SL (Box, c.1900) | ||
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* Stereo Box | * Stereo Box | ||
* Stereo Reflex (plate stereo SLR) | * Stereo Reflex (plate stereo SLR) | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 3 January 2012
Teodoro Murer was a camera designer based in Milan, Italy, who made cameras with a company called Duroni. They sold cameras under the names Murer and Salex. In Sweden, the cameras were sold by Hasselblad, and in France by Gaumont[1]. The Duroni company was founded by Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), c.1835-36, as an optical instrument dealer[2]; Murer joined the company in c.1892.
There are a number of albumen photographs in galleries credited to Murer & Duroni as photographers[3]. Since the original Duroni had died before Murer arrived, this credit must be to the company or a later Duroni. Alessandro Duroni himself has a number of photos credited, including of Guiseppe Garibaldi and Vittorio Emmanuele II, King of Italy 1861-78.
Contents
Cameras
Detective cameras
- Blitz
- Express Newness: wooden falling-plate detective cameras for various plate sizes, c.1900; very similar to cameras made by several other firms (). The cameras have Murer anastigmat lenses,[4] a guillotine shutter with several speeds, and six aperture stops (i.e. selectable fixed stops, not an iris). Other than the square-format and stereo models, they have two Watson-type viewfinders, for vertical and horizontal orientation.
Strut-folding cameras
- Strut-folding plate cameras with focal plane shutter, about 1905-1930s. These are metal-bodied with leather covering. McKeown states that there are models in all the same plate sizes as the Express Newness,[4] plus stereo models for 4.5×10.7 cm and 6×13 cm plates.[6]
- Salex Murer: miniature strut-folding camera for 40×55 mm photographs on plates or film packs.[7]
- Sprite: a strut-folding camera for 4.5×6 cm plates or 127 roll film
- UF (strut folder, c.1910)
- UP-M (strut folder, c.1924)
- SL Special
- Stereo SL Special
Other cameras
- Murer's Express
- Muro (folder, 1914)
- Piccolo (roll-film jumelle camera, c.1900)
- Reflex (6.5x9cm SLR, c.1920s)
- SL (Box, c.1900)
- Stereo Box
- Stereo Reflex (plate stereo SLR)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes on the Express Newness SL falling-plate box camera, about 1900, for 6.5×9 cm plates, in the Collection of Elisabetta and L. David Tomei.
- ↑ Storia della Fotografia
- ↑ e.g. at the National Portrait Gallery in London and on the Storia della Fotofrafia site {Italian}
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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). p704-5.
- ↑ Express Newness Stereo falling-plate box camera for 9×18 cm plates, about 1905, sold at the May 2011 Westlicht Photographica Auction in Vienna.
- ↑ 4.5×10.7 cm stereo strut-folding camera, about 1920, with focal plane shutter, 60 mm f/4.5 Murer Anastigmat lenses with iris diaphragm, and Newton finder attached to sliding lens cover. Sold at the November 2002 Westlicht auction.
- ↑ 1922 Salex Murer camera in an exhibition Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging at the Oxford Museum of the History of Science. The camera has a 70 mm f/5.5 anastigmat with helical focusing to one metre, and focal-plane shutter with speeds up to 1/1000 second. Ground-glass focusing is also possible. There is a Newton finder with the front part mounted in a sliding lens cover, like the earlier Gaumont Block-Notes.
Links
- Murer & Duroni falling-plate camera
- Photo of Murer & Duroni Blitz Camera and read view on Flickr by Bike/camera guy
- Photos by Duroni on Wikimedia commons.
- Muro camera at Kurt Tauber's site
