Photosphère
Photosphere |
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 × Cie. Francaise Aplanétique 92mm, or Zeiss Anastigmat 92mm
- Shutter: 2 simultaneous bowl-like guillotine shutters
- Viewfinder: removeable reflex finder