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− | Teodoro '''Murer''' was a camera designer based in Milan, Italy, who made cameras with a company called '''Duroni'''. | + | {{milano}} |
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+ | 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]]<ref name=Tomei>Notes on the [http://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/murer&duroninewnessc1900 Express Newness SL falling-plate box camera], about 1900, for 6.5×9 cm plates, in the [http://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/home Collection of Elisabetta and L. David Tomei].</ref>. The Duroni company was founded by Alessandro Duroni (1807-1870), c.1835-36, as an optical instrument dealer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151024051044/http://www.storiadellafotografia.it/2009/12/10/murer-duroni/ Storia della Fotografia] (Text in Italian; archived at archive.org in 2015)</ref>; Murer joined the company in c.1892. | ||
− | There are a number of [[albumen]] photographs in galleries credited to Murer & Duroni as photographers<ref> | + | There are a number of [[albumen]] photographs in galleries credited to Murer & Duroni as photographers.<ref>For example, at the [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp62283&role=art National Portrait Gallery] in London and at ''Storia della Fotografia'' (cited above)</ref> Since the original Duroni had died before Murer arrived, this credit must be to the company or a later Duroni. Alessandro Duroni himself is credited with a number of photographs, including of Guiseppe Garibaldi and Vittorio Emmanuele II, King of Italy 1861-78. |
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+ | ==Cameras== | ||
+ | ===Detective cameras=== | ||
* [[Blitz]] | * [[Blitz]] | ||
+ | * [[Express Newness]] | ||
+ | * Universal Express | ||
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+ | ===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,<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p704-5.</ref> plus stereo models for 4.5×10.7 cm and 6×13 cm plates.<ref name=StrutStereo>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/MURER-Italy-STEREO-45x107/AI-1-20964 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 [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-1/ first Westlicht auction], on 15 November 2002.</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]] | * [[Murer's Express]] | ||
* Muro (folder, 1914) | * Muro (folder, 1914) | ||
− | * | + | * [[Piccolo (Murer & Duroni)|Piccolo]] (small roll-film [[jumelle]] camera, c.1900) |
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* 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)<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Murer-Duroni-Stereo-Reflex/AI-24-27495 Murer & Duroni Stereo Reflex] for 4.5x10.7 cm plates, with 90 mm f/4.5 Murer Anastigmat lenses and focal-plane shutter, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-24/ 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 23 November 2013.</ref> |
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− | == | + | ==Notes== |
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− | + | * [http://www.xs4all.nl/~lommen9/murer/index.html Murer & Duroni falling-plate camera] at [http://lommen9.home.xs4all.nl/index.html Jo Lommen's website] | |
− | + | * Photos of Murer & Duroni Blitz Camera: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/15984426@N02/3225399227/in/set-72157612954505690/ front] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/15984426@N02/3226253382/in/set-72157612954505690/ rear] views on Flickr by Bike/camera guy | |
− | * [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Duroni | + | * [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Duroni Photographs by Duroni] on Wikimedia commons. |
* [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/murer-und-duroni/muro.html Muro camera] at [http://www.kameramuseum.de/ Kurt Tauber's site] | * [http://www.kameramuseum.de/0-fotokameras/murer-und-duroni/muro.html Muro camera] at [http://www.kameramuseum.de/ Kurt Tauber's site] | ||
− | + | * [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murer_%26_Duroni M&D in Italian Wikipedia] | |
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Italy]] | [[Category: Italy]] |
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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 is credited with a number of photographs, including of Guiseppe Garibaldi and Vittorio Emmanuele II, King of Italy 1861-78.
Cameras
Detective cameras
- Blitz
- Express Newness
- Universal Express
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.[5]
- Salex Murer: miniature strut-folding camera for 40×55 mm photographs on plates or film packs.[6]
- 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 (small roll-film jumelle camera, c.1900)
- Reflex (6.5x9cm SLR, c.1920s)
- SL (Box, c.1900)
- Stereo Box
- Stereo Reflex (plate stereo SLR)[7]
Notes
- ↑ 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 (Text in Italian; archived at archive.org in 2015)
- ↑ For example, at the National Portrait Gallery in London and at Storia della Fotografia (cited above)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 first Westlicht auction, on 15 November 2002.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Murer & Duroni Stereo Reflex for 4.5x10.7 cm plates, with 90 mm f/4.5 Murer Anastigmat lenses and focal-plane shutter, sold at the 24th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 November 2013.
Links
- Murer & Duroni falling-plate camera at Jo Lommen's website
- Photos of Murer & Duroni Blitz Camera: front and rear views on Flickr by Bike/camera guy
- Photographs by Duroni on Wikimedia commons.
- Muro camera at Kurt Tauber's site
- M&D in Italian Wikipedia