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| − | '''E. Suter''' was a camera maker based in Basel/Switzerland. | + | '''E. Suter''' was a lens and camera maker based in Basel/Switzerland. They typically produced wood and brass cameras. The Swiss-Box and the Detectiv Magazin camera were quite individual constructions. The Cupido was a 9x12cm [[film plates|plate]] camera, a unique construction with self-erecting bellows. This invention seems to have been shared with [[Hüttig]], even the name Cupido was also given to such 9x12 cameras of the camera maker from Dresden and its successor [[Ica]]. Suter's and Hüttig's Cupido were different except their use of the same [[bellows]] unfolding mechanism. |
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Revision as of 19:32, 20 February 2009
E. Suter was a lens and camera maker based in Basel/Switzerland. They typically produced wood and brass cameras. The Swiss-Box and the Detectiv Magazin camera were quite individual constructions. The Cupido was a 9x12cm plate camera, a unique construction with self-erecting bellows. This invention seems to have been shared with Hüttig, even the name Cupido was also given to such 9x12 cameras of the camera maker from Dresden and its successor Ica. Suter's and Hüttig's Cupido were different except their use of the same bellows unfolding mechanism.
cameras
- Reisekamera 13x18
- Reisekamera 18x24
- Swiss-Box
- Detectiv Magazin Kamera
- Cupido
Links
- Swiss-Box at Christie's
- image of Detectiv Magazin Kamera, at Westlicht [1]
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
