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* [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/sph1.htm] (german/english)
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* [http://declic87.free.fr/Pages%20web/Decouverte/Appareil%20collection/appareilphotosphere.htm photosphère n°1, n°2, n°3, and n°4] (french)
* [http://declic87.free.fr/Pages%20web/Decouverte/Appareil%20collection/appareilphotosphere.htm] (french)
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* [http://www.ukcamera.com/classic_cameras/sph1.htm other photosphère variants description] (german/english)
  
 
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Revision as of 20:43, 20 September 2006

The Photosphère was a camera designed for usage in tropical regions. Therefore it was made of metal. The shutter was formed like a bowl with a hole and placed inside the characteristic hemispheric frontside of the camera (2). Setting different shutter speeds was possible by clamping a spring (1). About 4000 pieces (all variants together) had been produced.

Different plate magazines were attachable to the camera body's back: a double chassis made of mahagony, a double chassis made of steel, or a magazine for 12 plates made of metal.

photosphère n°1

  • Type: plate camera
  • Manufacturer: Compagnie Francaise de Photographie
  • Year of patent: 1888
  • Films: 8×9cm dry plates
  • Lens: Cie. Francaise Aplanétique 92mm, or Zeiss Anastigmat 92mm
  • Shutter: bowl-like guillotine shutter
  • Viewfinder: removeable reflex finder (3)

photosphère n°2

  • Type: plate camera
  • Films: 9×12cm dry plates
  • Lens: Cie. Francaise double symétrique 125mm, or Zeiss Anastigmat 125mm
  • Shutter: bowl-like guillotine shutter, 5 speeds
  • Viewfinder: removeable reflex finder
  • image: [1]

photosphère n°3

  • Type: roll film camera
  • Films: 13×18cm roll film (48 exposures)
  • Lens: Cie. Francaise double symétrique 165mm, or Zeiss Anastigmat 165mm
  • Shutter: bowl-like guillotine shutter
  • Viewfinder: 2 reflex finders inside the camera body
  • Extra: water-level

photosphère n°4 stéréoscopique (2 n°1-photophères in one)

  • Type: plate camera
  • Films: 18×9cm dry plates
  • Lens: 2 &times Cie. Francaise Aplanétique 92mm, or Zeiss Anastigmat 92mm
  • Shutter: 2 simultaneous bowl-like guillotine shutters
  • Viewfinder: removeable reflex finder

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