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*'''Espion''':<ref name=CA1>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11672-SFOM_Espion.html Espion subminiature camera] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection Appareils]</ref> 8x11mm subminiature camera, perhaps made for the army, shortly before the War. | *'''Espion''':<ref name=CA1>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11672-SFOM_Espion.html Espion subminiature camera] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ Collection Appareils]</ref> 8x11mm subminiature camera, perhaps made for the army, shortly before the War. | ||
− | *'''SFOMAX''':<ref name=CA2>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11688-SFOM_Sfomax%20.html SFOMax subminiature camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref> subminiature camera for 14x23mm pictures on 16mm film, perhaps made shortly ''after'' the War. | + | *'''SFOMAX''':<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/S.F.O.M.-Sfomax/A00690 SFOMAX] offered for sale at the 44th Leitz Photographica Auction, June 2024.</ref><ref name=CA2>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11688-SFOM_Sfomax%20.html SFOMax subminiature camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref> subminiature rangefinder camera for 14x23mm pictures on unperforated 16mm film, perhaps made shortly ''after'' the War. Cast-aluminium body with leatherette. 30mm f/3.5 lens, shutter with speeds 1/30 - 1/400 second. |
*'''SFOMFlex''':<ref name=CA3>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11689-SFOM_Sfomflex.html SFOMFlex reflex scientific camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref> Scientific camera, apparently, making 24mm-square pictures on 35mm film, of a 3cm-wide field. Lens with ring-lights, on the end of a 9cm polished tube, perhaps for insertion into an apparatus or industrial machine. | *'''SFOMFlex''':<ref name=CA3>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11689-SFOM_Sfomflex.html SFOMFlex reflex scientific camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref> Scientific camera, apparently, making 24mm-square pictures on 35mm film, of a 3cm-wide field. Lens with ring-lights, on the end of a 9cm polished tube, perhaps for insertion into an apparatus or industrial machine. | ||
*'''Type 681 Aerial Camera''':<ref name=CA4>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11673-SFOM_681.html SFOM Type 681 Aerial Camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref><ref name=LPA41>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/S.F.O.M.-Type-681-Aerial-Camera-outfit/AI-41-40705 SFOM Type 681 camera] offered at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-41/ 41st Leitz Photographica Auction], in November 2022. Camera with SFOM Cone 121.mm f/2 lens, with helical focus, and with yellow, orange and IR filters.</ref>Aerial camera for 6x7cm images on 70mm film, probably made in the 1960s. Uses separate plug-in cloth roller shutter units, each with a fixed speed; the example cited at Leitz Auction has shutters for 1/300, 1/500 and 1/1000 second. | *'''Type 681 Aerial Camera''':<ref name=CA4>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-11673-SFOM_681.html SFOM Type 681 Aerial Camera] at ''Collection Appareils''</ref><ref name=LPA41>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/S.F.O.M.-Type-681-Aerial-Camera-outfit/AI-41-40705 SFOM Type 681 camera] offered at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-41/ 41st Leitz Photographica Auction], in November 2022. Camera with SFOM Cone 121.mm f/2 lens, with helical focus, and with yellow, orange and IR filters.</ref>Aerial camera for 6x7cm images on 70mm film, probably made in the 1960s. Uses separate plug-in cloth roller shutter units, each with a fixed speed; the example cited at Leitz Auction has shutters for 1/300, 1/500 and 1/1000 second. |
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Société Française d’Optique et de Mécanique (S.F.O.M.) was a camera-maker in France, from before the Second World War until at least the 1970s.[1] The company was at 93 Avenue Victor Hugo, Rueil-Malmaison, in north-west Paris (except when evacuated during the occupation).
The company is known for a strange range of cameras:
- Espion:[2] 8x11mm subminiature camera, perhaps made for the army, shortly before the War.
- SFOMAX:[3][4] subminiature rangefinder camera for 14x23mm pictures on unperforated 16mm film, perhaps made shortly after the War. Cast-aluminium body with leatherette. 30mm f/3.5 lens, shutter with speeds 1/30 - 1/400 second.
- SFOMFlex:[5] Scientific camera, apparently, making 24mm-square pictures on 35mm film, of a 3cm-wide field. Lens with ring-lights, on the end of a 9cm polished tube, perhaps for insertion into an apparatus or industrial machine.
- Type 681 Aerial Camera:[6][7]Aerial camera for 6x7cm images on 70mm film, probably made in the 1960s. Uses separate plug-in cloth roller shutter units, each with a fixed speed; the example cited at Leitz Auction has shutters for 1/300, 1/500 and 1/1000 second.
Notes
- ↑ Collection Appareils states that the company relocated to Pau in the Pyrenees during the occupation of France. The aerial camera seen at Leitz Auction is stamped with a 1971 date for the end of its guarantee, suggesting the company was still active then.
- ↑ Espion subminiature camera at Collection Appareils
- ↑ SFOMAX offered for sale at the 44th Leitz Photographica Auction, June 2024.
- ↑ SFOMax subminiature camera at Collection Appareils
- ↑ SFOMFlex reflex scientific camera at Collection Appareils
- ↑ SFOM Type 681 Aerial Camera at Collection Appareils
- ↑ SFOM Type 681 camera offered at the 41st Leitz Photographica Auction, in November 2022. Camera with SFOM Cone 121.mm f/2 lens, with helical focus, and with yellow, orange and IR filters.