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| − | The '''Stereo-Pochette''' is a stereo plate camera made by [[Joux|Lucien Joux & Compagnie]] of Paris in about 1898. It was made in two sizes, for 4.5×10.7 cm or 6×13 cm plates<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p453.</ref> (an advertisement in ''Photo-Gazette'' of 1900 only mentions the larger size).<ref name= | + | The '''Stereo-Pochette''' is a stereo plate camera made by [[Joux|Lucien Joux & Compagnie]] of Paris in about 1898. It was made in two sizes, for 4.5×10.7 cm or 6×13 cm plates<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p453.</ref> (an advertisement in ''Photo-Gazette'' of 1900 only mentions the larger size).<ref name=CA>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/publicites/images/1287498835.jpg 1900 advertisement for the Stereo-Pochette and related Joux cameras], from ''Photo-Gazette'' of 1900, at Sylvain Halgand's [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Collection Appareils].</ref> It has a folding bed, on which the lens standard pulls out at the front of a bellows. The body is wooden, and the front standard and other fittings are brass, or nickel plated.<ref name=W>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Joux-Stereo-Pochette/AI-18-11688 Stereo-Pochette 4.5×10.7 cm camera] with Steinheil Orthostigmat 9 cm f/8 lenses, missing the glass of the viewfinder, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-18/ eighteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction], on 4 December 2010.</ref> |
Focusing is by means of a knob in the centre of the front of the bed, with a scale on the bed; a ground-glass screen could also be used. There is front rise. | Focusing is by means of a knob in the centre of the front of the bed, with a scale on the bed; a ground-glass screen could also be used. There is front rise. | ||
| − | There is a spirit level on top of the camera. It has a folding [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] mounted on the lens standard. The example sold at Westlicht has a brass carrying handle on the top;<ref name=W /> this is not illustrated in the 1900 advertisement shown at ''Collection d'Appareils''.<ref name= | + | There is a spirit level on top of the camera. It has a folding [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton finder]] mounted on the lens standard. The example sold at Westlicht has a brass carrying handle on the top;<ref name=W /> this is not illustrated in the 1900 advertisement shown at ''Collection d'Appareils''.<ref name=CA /> |
| − | As shown in the above-mentioned advertisement, Joux made two similar cameras; one was a version of the Stereo-Pochette in which the lens board can be slid to the side, centring one lens for panoramic photographs, still on 6×13 plates;<ref name= | + | As shown in the above-mentioned advertisement, Joux made two similar cameras; one was a version of the Stereo-Pochette in which the lens board can be slid to the side, centring one lens for panoramic photographs, still on 6×13 plates;<ref name=CA /> the other, the '''Photo-Pochette''' is a one-lens model for 9×12 cm plates. |
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The Stereo-Pochette is a stereo plate camera made by Lucien Joux & Compagnie of Paris in about 1898. It was made in two sizes, for 4.5×10.7 cm or 6×13 cm plates[1] (an advertisement in Photo-Gazette of 1900 only mentions the larger size).[2] It has a folding bed, on which the lens standard pulls out at the front of a bellows. The body is wooden, and the front standard and other fittings are brass, or nickel plated.[3]
Focusing is by means of a knob in the centre of the front of the bed, with a scale on the bed; a ground-glass screen could also be used. There is front rise.
There is a spirit level on top of the camera. It has a folding Newton finder mounted on the lens standard. The example sold at Westlicht has a brass carrying handle on the top;[3] this is not illustrated in the 1900 advertisement shown at Collection d'Appareils.[2]
As shown in the above-mentioned advertisement, Joux made two similar cameras; one was a version of the Stereo-Pochette in which the lens board can be slid to the side, centring one lens for panoramic photographs, still on 6×13 plates;[2] the other, the Photo-Pochette is a one-lens model for 9×12 cm plates.
Notes
- ↑ 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). p453.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1900 advertisement for the Stereo-Pochette and related Joux cameras, from Photo-Gazette of 1900, at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stereo-Pochette 4.5×10.7 cm camera with Steinheil Orthostigmat 9 cm f/8 lenses, missing the glass of the viewfinder, sold at the eighteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 4 December 2010.
Links
- Stereo-Pochette at Collection Appareils (in French).
