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|image_text= A Plavic 9x12 [[Folding bed camera| folding bed camera]] (c.1930)  
|image_text= This Plavic 9x12 folder bed plate camera (c.1930) is exactly the same camera
 
as much as in very fine details and lens with Héard & Mallinjod Hémax folder plate serie 00)
 
 
 
 
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'''Plavic 9x12''' is  a 9x12cm folder bed plate film camera, and manufactured by [[Héard & Mallinjod]], Lyon, France for [[Plavic]] firm in Lyon. Model: c.1930, serie 00, (Without identification).
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'''Plavic 9x12''' is  a 9x12cm [[Folding bed camera| folding bed]] plate film camera, manufactured by [[Héard & Mallinjod]], Lyon, France for [[Plavic]] in Lyon. The camera is identical with the [[Hemax  | Hémax ]]   [[Folding bed camera| folding bed]] plate   9x12 camera produced by [[Héard & Mallinjod]] from 1923 to the early 1930s.
This camera is the same with rare [[Hémax]] folder bed plate camera and Hémax folders produced 1923 to 1930s.
 
 
 
===Specifications===
 
 
 
'''Lens:''' '''Plavic-Anastigmat '''135mm f/6.3''', ''' Aperture range f/6.3-f/32, filter slip-on
 
 
 
'''Focusing: '''  Bellows focusing, index and scale on the left-inside of the front cover, Focus range: 1-10m +inf
 
 
 
'''Shutter:''' [[Gitzo]] leaf shutter type B1, speeds: 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 +T & B
 
 
 
'''Cocking and Shutter release''': by the same lever, on front of the lens-shutter barrel,
 
 
 
Manuel shutter cocking and releasing on the same time, for the speed settings, by pressing once the lever, the diaphragm opens and closes
 
 
 
'''View finders:''' 1) Waist level Brilliant Finder on top of the lens standard, turning 90 degrees left on its own axis for landscape pictures
 
2) Sports finder: A big wire sports finder, hinged on the lens standard and used with a folding rear peep sight part, on the left side of the camera
 
 
 
'''Bellows:''' single-extension, can bend over with a sliding part on the lens standard
 
 
 
'''Body:''' metalic,  weighs 850g
 
  
--[[User:Süleymandemir|Dr.Süleyman Demir]] 06:35, 19 February 2011 (PST)
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==Specifications==
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*Model: Hémax 9x12  [[Folding bed camera| folding bed]] plate camera serie 00, (without identification).
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*Production: 1923 to early 1930s.
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*Lens: '''Plavic-Anastigmat'''135mm f/6.3, Aperture range f/6.3-f/32, filter slip-on
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*Focusing:  Bellows focusing, index and scale on the left-inside of the front cover, Focus range: 1-10m +inf.
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*Shutter:  [[Gitzo]] leaf [[Gitzo shutters#"PLAVICOS"| shutter type B1]], with speeds: 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 +T & B.<ref>The [[Gitzo]] shutter was labelled 'Plavicos'  on some models of Plavic cameras.</ref>
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*Cocking and Shutter release: by the same lever, on front of the lens-shutter barrel; manual shutter cocking and release at the same time, diaphragm opens and closes on single press
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*View finders:
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**Waist-level [[Brilliant finder]] on top of the lens standard, turning 90 degrees left on its own axis for landscape pictures
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**Sports finder: A big wire sports finder, hinged on the lens standard and used with a folding rear peep sight part, on the left side of the camera
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*Bellows: single-extension, vertical shift of the lens standard possible
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*Body: metalic,  weight 850g
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==History==
  
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[[Héard & Mallinjod]] made 6x9cm and 9x12cm folding bed plate cameras in c.1920-28 under the [[Hemax  | Hémax ]] label. After those dates some [[Hemax |Hémax ]] cameras are found under the [[Plavic]] label and distributed by Victor Planchon firm, Lyon, France.
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<ref>[[McKeown's]] Cameras 2006, p.786</ref>
  
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Plavic 9x12  [[Folding bed camera| folding bed]] plate camera, c.1930 <br><small> images by [[User:Süleymandemir | Süleyman Demir]] </small> {{with permission}}
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==Links==
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11048 Sylvain Halgand Collection] (in French)
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/Hemax/html/tarif.php Hémax Catalogue page 4] (in French)
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=1266 Sylvain Halgand Collection] (in French)
  
|image_text= Plavic 9x12 folder bed plate camera, c.1930
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==Notes==
 
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|image_by= Süleyman Demir
 
 
 
|image_rights= {{with permission}}
 
 
 
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|image_text= Gitzo shutter and Plavic  lens
 
 
 
|image_by= Süleyman Demir
 
 
 
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|image_text= Plavic logo
 
 
 
|image_by= Süleyman Demir
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 8 July 2020


Plavic 9x12 is a 9x12cm folding bed plate film camera, manufactured by Héard & Mallinjod, Lyon, France for Plavic in Lyon. The camera is identical with the Hémax folding bed plate 9x12 camera produced by Héard & Mallinjod from 1923 to the early 1930s.

Specifications

  • Model: Hémax 9x12 folding bed plate camera serie 00, (without identification).
  • Production: 1923 to early 1930s.
  • Lens: Plavic-Anastigmat135mm f/6.3, Aperture range f/6.3-f/32, filter slip-on
  • Focusing: Bellows focusing, index and scale on the left-inside of the front cover, Focus range: 1-10m +inf.
  • Shutter: Gitzo leaf shutter type B1, with speeds: 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 +T & B.[1]
  • Cocking and Shutter release: by the same lever, on front of the lens-shutter barrel; manual shutter cocking and release at the same time, diaphragm opens and closes on single press
  • View finders:
    • Waist-level Brilliant finder on top of the lens standard, turning 90 degrees left on its own axis for landscape pictures
    • Sports finder: A big wire sports finder, hinged on the lens standard and used with a folding rear peep sight part, on the left side of the camera
  • Bellows: single-extension, vertical shift of the lens standard possible
  • Body: metalic, weight 850g


History

Héard & Mallinjod made 6x9cm and 9x12cm folding bed plate cameras in c.1920-28 under the Hémax label. After those dates some Hémax cameras are found under the Plavic label and distributed by Victor Planchon firm, Lyon, France. [2]

Plavic 9x12 folding bed plate camera, c.1930
images by Süleyman Demir (Image rights)

Links

Notes

  1. The Gitzo shutter was labelled 'Plavicos' on some models of Plavic cameras.
  2. McKeown's Cameras 2006, p.786