Photo-Stereo-Binocle
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The Photo-Stereo-Binocle is a miniature plate camera for mono or stereo exposures, disguised as a pair of binoculars (and in fact, McKeown states that the camera can actually be used as such[1]) made by Goerz of Berlin from about 1899 to 1910.[1][2] It takes 45x50 mm plates, singly or in pairs. It has 75 mm f/6.8 Dagor lenses; McKeown states that a Model II of the camera was made with cheaper Lynkeioskop lenses.[3] There is a Newton finder on top of the camera. In use as a camera, the 'binoculars' are rather unconvincing as a disguise; they are held back-to-front, with what seem to be eyepieces facing forwards.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p355.
- ↑ Photo-Stereo-Binocle serial no. 1025, with 75 mm Doppel-Anastigmat III (i.e. Dagor) lenses, sold at the 20th Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 1 November 2011.
- ↑ Photo-Stereo-Binocle serial no. 1908, with Rapid-Lynkeioskop lenses, and with two dark-slides, also sold at the November 2011 Westlicht auction.
