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Hermagis

Hermagis was a French company, founded in 1845 in Paris.

, active from the XIXth century to the mid-XXth century.

Hermagis also reputedly manufactured the cinema projection lenses sold by and branded as Pathé.

Over time the ownership of the company Hermagis changed hands. It is listed as:

J. Fleury-Hermagis (~1886 > ~1914) with premises at 18 Rue Rambuteau, Paris 3ème

H.P. du Motel (~1919) with premises at 29 Rue de Louvre, Paris 2ème.'

Hermagis / P. Guilame & Cie. (~1933) with premises at 29 Rue de Louvre, Paris 2ème.

In addition to lenses and cameras, Hermagis also manufactured and sold a variety of other optical products, such as opera glasses and field binoculars, ¶¶

Lenses

Hermagis lenses carry sequential serial numbers irrespective of focal length or design. The sides of the lens cells are inscribed with 'Hermagis á Paris' or merely 'Hermagis Paris' as well as the focal length and year of production (first etched, later in pencil).

Aplanat nº 8 (s/n 22527) image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Lens Types

In addition to lenses for still photo cameras, Hermagis also manufactured and sold lenses for movie cameras and film and slide projectors as well as enlargers. These are set out below.

Still Photo Cameras

Hermagis offered its still photo lenses with the following names:

• Anastigmat

Anastigmat lens, 20–400mm (variants → Anastigmat)

• Aplanat / Aplanat Grand Angulaire / Aplanetique

Rapid Rectilinear-type lens, 140–540mm (variants → Aplanat)

• Aplanastigmat

An anastigmatic six-element version of the Aplanat, 85mm – 310mm (variants → Aplanastigmat)

• Dellor
  • 270 mm f/4.5
• Dellynx
  • 50mm f/3.5
    • in Compur in a Hermagis Cady 3x4 self-erecting spring folder (1930)

• Eidoscope

¶¶¶ lens, 70mm—460mm (variants → Eidoscope)

• Extra Rapide
  • Extra Rapide Nº 5

• Hellor
  • 135mm f/4.5
• Hellynx
  • 140mm f/3.5 in Perle Rapid Shutter
• Lynx

Magir 136mm f/6.3 in Héard & Mallinjod 'Hemax' 6 x9 plate camera image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

• Magir (~late 1920s–1930s)

Anastigmat lens for use in folding cameras, 105–136mm (variants → Magir)

• Major (~late 1920s–1930s)

Anastigmat lens for use in folding cameras, 75–136mm (variants → Major)

• Neo-Stigmat
  • 55mm f/6.8
    • in Hermagis Microjumelle
  • Néo-Stigmat Hermagis f/6.8 ~1914
    • in Micromégas Modèle D (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18)
    • in Micromégas Modèle E Métallique (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18) with ~1914
    • in Micromégas Modèle F Universel (9x12 horizontal) with ~1914

• Objectiv Portrait
  • Portrait #5 f/4
  • Portrait #7 f/4 210mm
  • Portrait #8

• Simple Rapide
  • Simple Rapide Nº 5

• Trousse Aplanatique and Trousse Aplanastigmatique

Casket sets of lens barrels with a series of exchangeable front and back lens groups (details → Hermagis Trousse Sets)

Movie Cameras

• Anastigmat

Anastigmat lens, 20–400mm (variants → Anastigmat)

• Ampli-Pathé f/2

Hermagis Objectif Cinema 150mm image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Projection and Enlarger Lenses

• Cinema / Cinema SOM

Petzval-type projection lens, 85mm—190mm (variants → Cinema)

• Magister

Petzval-type projection lens for 35mm slide projectors, 35–65mm (details → Magister)

Serial Numbers

The edges of the glass cells of Hermagis lenses were marked with the etched name 'Hermagis opticien', and the year of manufacture. A list of known serial number and date combinations can be found on this page.

Cameras

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In the 1930s Hermagis sold a number of cameras that were essentially imported camera shells (body, front standard and bellows) which the company fitted with its own lenses set in German and French (mainly Gitzo) shutters and distributed under its own name.

Hermo Box (~1925) image by Iza Lemargouillat (Image rights)

CHECk THE LENS IN HERE Alethoscope Hermagis http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Alethoscope-Hermagis-/251417183283
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• L'Eclaireur (1897) a detective camera for 9x12 cm exposures on long roll film
• L'Eclaireur (~1914) model A (folding)
  • 8x10½ cm exposures on roll film ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
  • 9x12 plates ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
• L'Eclaireur (~1914) model B (folding)
  • rollfilm version
    • 6x9 cm rollfilm ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
    • 8x10½ rollfilm ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
    • 8x14 rollfilm ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
  • plate back
    • 6.5x9cm plates ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
    • 9x12cm plates ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED
    • 9x14cm plates ¶¶REF TO BE ADDED

• Hermak (1930s)
• Hermo 30 (9x12) (1930s)

• Hermo-Box (6x9 box)
• Hermo-Cady
  • 3x4 self-erecting spring folder (1930)
    • with Hermagis Dellynx 50mm f/3.5 in Compur
  • 6x9 self-erecting spring folder (1935)
    • with Hermagis Major 105mm f/4.5
      • in Vario shutter
      • in Pronto shutter

• four lens camera, 1860
• Hermo-Plak (1930s)
• Hermo-Plaket (1930s)
• Hermo-Prochette (1930s)
• Hermo-Selo (1930s) 6x9 self-erecting spring folder
  • with Hermagis Major 105 f/4.5 in Vario shutter
• Hermo-Trotter (1930s)
• Hippographe pliant (strut-folding in various plate sizes) (~ 1910)
• Hippographe reflex carré (SLR in various plate sizes) (~1910)

• Jumelle, 1885-
• Jumelle Stereo, 1885-
• Microjumelle Stereo
  • with Aplanastigmat 85mm f/6.8
  • with Neo-Stigmat 55mm f/6.8

• Micromégas (13x18), 1875-
  • Micromégas
  • Micromégas Modèle A (9x12) with objectif rectiligne f/8 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle A bis (9x12) with objectif rectiligne f/8 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle B (9x12) with objectif rectiligne f/8 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle C (9x12 and 10x15) with Aplanétique 1/2 grand-angle Hermagis f/7 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle D (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18)
    • with Néo-Stigmat Hermagis f/6.8 ~1914
    • with Aplanastigmat extra-rapide f/6.8 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle E Métallique (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18) with ~1914
    • with Néo-Stigmat Hermagis f/6.8 ~1914
    • with Aplanastigmat extra-rapide f/6.8 ~1914
  • Micromégas Modèle F Universel (9x12 horizontal) with ~1914
    • with Néo-Stigmat Hermagis f/6.8 ~1914
    • with Aplanastigmat extra-rapide f/6.8 ~1914

• Micromégas (6.5x9 strut folding), 1920s

• Vélocigraphe (9x12 or 13x18), with
  • Anastigmat f/9
  • Aplanastigmat extra rapide f/6.8, 1890-
  • Aplanastigmat No.8 140mm
• Wenz Hermagis, 1910, for kite photography

Patents

Photographic apparatus. Being British Patent Number: 937 published 13 March 1875

Publications

Books

J. Fleury-Hermagis (1889) L'atelier de l'amateur. Bibliothèque de l'amateur photographe. 2ème edition. Paris: G. Rongier & Cie. 70 pp.

J. Fleury-Hermagis & A. Rossignol (1889) Traité des excursions photographiques. Bibliothèque de l'amateur photographe. Paris: G. Rongier & Cie. 484pp. (online copy at www.e-corpus.org)

J. Fleury-Hermagis & A. Rossignol (1890) Traité des excursions photographiques. Bibliothèque de l'amateur photographe. Paris: Maison Hermagis. 484pp

J. Fleury-Hermagis & A. Rossignol (1897) Traité des excursions photographiques. Bibliothèque de l'amateur photographe. Paris: Maison Hermagis.

Magazines

L'amateur d' excursions photographiques. (1895—) edited by J. Fleury-Hermagis. Paris: Hermagis 18 Rue de Rambuteau.

(as page images the followoing issues are available online: nº1, October 1895; nº2, April 1896; nº3, January 1897; and nº4, June 1898).

Catalogues

* 1886 http://www.ebay.com/itm/italyfoto-2-rares-catalogues-photographiques-HERMAGIS-1886-1900-ca-/291051329338?pt=FR_IQ_Photovidéo_Photo_Appareils_Argentiques&hash=item43c402d73a

• 1914—Optique de Précision. Appareils et Fournitures Genérales pour la Photographie. J. Fleury-Hermagis. 18 Rue Rambuteau, Paris 3ème (catalogue pages of cameras only); reproduced by Sylvain Halgand on www.collection-appareils.fr.
• 1933?—Optique and Mécanique de Précision. Appareils pour la Photographie. Etablissements Hermagis (reproduced by Sylvain Halgand on www.collection-appareils.fr).

Links

Lenses

• Eidoscope sample images on Flickr
• Strip-down documentation of Hermagis Extra Rapide Nº 5 s/n 89664 (1924) (Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann).

Cameras

• The Hermagis Micromégas and Vélocigraphe at Historically Important Cameras
• A later Micromégas at Francis Lamirault's site
• Hermagis cameras on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
• Hermagis and a page about Fleury-Hermagis at Gérard Langlois site
• Two cameras with Hermagis lens, bodies maybe made by Hermagis too
• A Siva with Hermagis lens

Notes and References

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Hermagis Eidoscope

The Hermagis Eidoscope is a [¶¶¶ lens (¶¶¶) that was produced by Hermagis from ¶¶¶ to 19¶¶ and by SOM from 19¶¶ onwards. It was offered first in lacquered, then in black painted brass and came in a range of sizes:

Barrel lenses

• Eidoscope #1 f/5
• Eidoscope #2
  • f/4.5 460mm
  • f/5
• Eidoscope #3
  • f/4.5
  • f/5
• Eidoscope #4 f/5
• Eidoscope #6 f/3.5 70mm

Lens Cells only

• Eidoscope f/4.5 150mm lens cells in casket

Notes and References

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Hermagis Anastigmat

The Hermagis Anastigmat is a [¶¶¶ lens (¶¶¶) that was produced by Hermagis from ¶¶¶ to ¶¶¶ and was offered in a range of sizes:

• Anastigmat
  • 20mm f/3.5 in Pathé Baby Pathe 9.5mm cine camera (1923–)
  • 210mm f/4.5
  • 210mm F.B. f/4.5
  • 270mm f/4.5

• Anastigmat Nº 7
  • 210mm f/4.5
• Anastigmat Serie TP Nº 5
  • 400mm
• Anastigmat Major (see also Hermagis Major)
  • 50mm f/4.5

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Hermagis Aplanat

Hermagis Aplanat nº 8 with Waterhouse stops (s/n 22527, right) and diaphragm (s/n 30953, left) image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The Hermagis Aplanat is a Rapid Rectilinear-type lens (symmetrical, 4 elements in 2 groups) that was produced by Hermagis from mid-1880s until World War I. It was offered first with Waterhouse stops and from the 1890s onwards with a diaphragm. Based on the observed serial number data the switch from Waterhouse stops to a diaphragm occurred in the mid 20,000 range with some overlap in the production. Given that Hermagis lenses carry sequential serial numbers irrespective of focal length or design, it is impossible to estimate the total production of the Aplanat lenses.

The Aplanat was offered in a range of sizes:

Lens Models

Aplanat

• Aplanat Nº 3
  • Serie II 540mm

• Aplanat Nº 4
  • Serie I with Waterhouse stops
  • with rotating aperture disc

• Aplanat Nº 5 (= 360mm)
  • Serie I with Waterhouse stops

• • Serie I with diaphragm.

• • Serie II
• Aplanat Nº 5bis
  • with Waterhouse stops

• Aplanat Nº 6 (=270mm)
  • Serie I with Waterhouse stops

• • Serie I with diaphragm.

• • Serie II.

• Aplanat Nº 6 bis (=240mm)
  • Serie I with Waterhouse stops

• • Serie I with diaphragm.

• • Serie II

• Aplanat Nº 7
• Aplanat Nº 8 (= 140mm)
  • Serie If/8 with Waterhouse stops

• • Serie I f/8 with diaphragm (½–32)

Table 1. Dimensions of the various lens sizes (in mm)

Nº	Focal length	height	top Ø	max Ø	thread Ø	weight
with diaphragm
Nº 3	540
Nº 4		120	80
Nº 5	360
Nº 5 bis	310
Nº 6	270	76	62		56
Nº 6 bis	230	53	42		44
Nº 7	210
Nº 7 bis	170
Nº 8	140				39
Nº 9	110
SERIES II
Nº 6	270	58	46

Aplanat Grand Angulaire

The lens has a diaphragm disc. On record are:

• Aplanat Grand Angulaire Nº 3
• Aplanat Grand Angulaire Nº 8

Aplanétique

On record are:

• Aplanatique 120cm f/11
• Aplanétique Serie II
  • in Photo-Hall Perfect Detective Series II
  • in Photo-Hall unspecified camera

Aplanat with variable focal length

The Aplanat formed the core part of the Trousse Aplanétique, a barrel lens with exchangeable front and rear elements that allowed the user to make up a range of combinations. Known sets are:

• Trousse Aplanetique nº 4 = 400mm for 24 x 30
• Trousse Aplanetique nº 5 = 360mm for 18 x 24
• Trousse Aplanetique nº 5bis = 310mm for 24 x 30
• Trousse Aplanetique nº 6 =270mm for 18 x 24

For more detail → Hermagis Trousse Sets.

Links

• images taken with the Hermagis Aplanat nº 8 by Dirk HR Spennemann (via Flickr) as part of the Antique Camera Simulator project.

Notes and References

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Hermagis Aplanastigmat

Lens Diagram of the Hermagis Aplanastigmat f/6.8 (from the Photo-Sport Catalogue 1930) image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The Hermagis Aplanastigmat f/6.8 was an anastigmatic 6-element version of the Aplanat with symmetrical cemented triplets. It was produced from 1895 to the late 1930s. The lens design allowed for a maximum aperture of f/6.8, which among the earlier lenses was rounded up and expressed as f/7. The lens was marketed both as prime lenses and in the form of casket (trousse) sets.

Lens Variants

On record are the following lenses:

Aplanastigmat with type numbers

• Aplanastigmat Nº 5 — 360 mm f/7
• Aplanastigmat Nº 5bis — 310 mm f/7
• Aplanastigmat Nº 6 — 270 mm f/7
• Aplanastigmat Nº 6 bis— 230 mm f/7
• Aplanastigmat Nº 7 — 210 mm
  • f/7
  • f/6.8
• Aplanastigmat Nº 7bis — 170 mm
  • f/6.4 on L Joux Jumelle
• Aplanastigmat Nº 8 — 140 mm
  • f/7
  • f/6.8
    • lens in barrel
    • in Vélocigraphe (9x12 or 13x18)
• Aplanastigmat Nº 9 — 110 mm f/7

Aplanastigmat with focal length

• 85mm f/6.8
  • in Micro Jumelle stereo camera
  • in Jeanneret & Cie Le Monobloc
• 170mm f/6.8
• 210mm f/6.8
• 310mm f/6.8

Unspecified (catalogue entries) 105 or 136mm

• • Hemax Série 1B (9 x 12)
  • Hemax Série 1C (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 1C (9 x 12) ;
  • Hemax Série 11C (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 11C (9 x 12);

Aplanastigmat extra-rapide f/6.8

• Micromégas Modèle D (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18)
• Micromégas Modèle E Métallique (6.5x9, 9x12, 10x15, 13x18)
• Micromégas Modèle F Universel (9x12 horizontal)
• Vélocigraphe (9x12 or 13x18)

Aplanastigmat with variable focal length

The Aplanastigmat formed the core part of the Trousse Apalanastigmatique, a barrel lens with exchangeable front and rear elements that allowed the user to make up a range of combinations. Known sets are:

• Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 5bis = 310mm for 24 x 30
• Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 6 =270mm for 18 x 24
• Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 6bis = 230mm for 15 x 21
• Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 7 = 210mm for 13 x 18

For more detail → Hermagis Trousse Sets.

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Historic Catalogue Illustrations

Hermagis Aplanastigmat f/7 in 1895	Lens Diagram of the Hermagis Aplanastigmat f/7 in 1895	Lens Diagram of the Hermagis Aplanastigmat f/6.8 in 1930
Hermagis Aplanastigmat as depicted in pre World War II publications images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Links

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Publications

• Gouault, M.A. (1896) Note sur deux Objectifs extra-rapides. L'Aplanastigmat Fleury-Hermagis. Bulletin de la Société industrielle de Rouen vol. 24, nº 2, pp 181–186.

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CASKET entry for terminology category

In the 1890s European lens makers began to offer sets of lenses which were comprised of a lens barrel with diaphragm and a series of exchangeable front and back lens groups. These were offered in small velvet or cloth-lined 'caskets' (French: 'trousse').

By mixing and matching these front and back lens groups based on factory-provided tables, or by own experimentation, the user could create a number of present lens variations, ranging from an moderate wide-angle to a moderate tele lens. The exchange of the lens groups was facilitated by the fact that they were held in place by a bayonet or screw mechanism. Even though requiring the ongoing dis- and re-assembly of the lens, the function of these multi-focus trousse lens sets is not unlike that of modern zoom lenses: a range of focal lengths with concomitant penalties in terms of available apertures (compared to dedicated fix focus lenses).

Casket Sets have been reported, among others, from the following companies:

• Berthiot Trousse Eurygraphe N°2 serie IV
• Busch Vademecum
• Darlot
• Derogi (Paris)
• E. Français (Paris) Rectilinèaire à Foyer Multiples and Trousse Optique
• Goerz Doppel Anastigmat III
• A Gorde (Paris)
• Hermagis Trousse Aplanatique and Trousse Aplanastigmatique
• Suter (Basel)
• Taylor Taylor & Hobson No. 3 Casket
• Carl Zeiss 'D' Protarlinse Sat

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E. Français

Emile Français was an optician and lens maker Paris

Publications

Français, E (1883a) Bulletin de la Société française des photographie séance du 1er juin 1883, pp. 149-150.

Français, E (1883b) Bulletin de la Société française des photographie séance du 7 décembre 1883, pp. 318.

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E. Français Trousse Sets

Like other lens manufacturers, in 1883 E. Français began to offer trousse ( 'casket') sets of lenses which were comprised of a lens barrel with exchangeable front and back lens groups. By mixing and matching based on factory-provided tables, or by own experimentation, the user could create a number of present lens variations, ranging from an moderate wide-angle to a moderate tele lens. The exchange of the lens groups was facilitated by the fact that they were held in place by a bayonet,

• Rectilinèaire à Foyer multiples nº 1 MINE
  • with Waterhouse stops

• Rectilinèaire à Foyer multiples nº 2
  • with Waterhouse stops

• Trousse Optique N°1
  • with diaphragm

• Trousse Optique N°2

• Trousse Optique N°3

Publications

Français, E (1883a) Bulletin de la Société française des photographie séance du 1er juin 1883, pp. 149-150.

Français, E (1883b) Bulletin de la Société française des photographie séance du 7 décembre 1883, pp. 318.

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Hermagis Trousse Sets

Like other lens manufacturers, Hermagis began in 18¶¶ to offer trousse ( 'casket') sets of lenses which were comprised of a lens barrel with exchangeable front and back lens groups. By mixing and matching based on factory-provided tables, or by own experimentation, the user could create a number of present lens variations, ranging from an moderate wide-angle to a moderate tele lens. The exchange of the lens groups was facilitated by the fact that they were held in place by a bayonet or screw mechanism. Even though requiring the ongoing dis- and re-assembly of the lens, the function of these multi-focus trousse lens sets is not unlike that of modern zoom lenses: a range of focal lengths with concomitant penalties in terms of available apertures (compared to dedicated fix focus lenses).

Over time, the design of the trousse sets changed. The early designs saw a small bayonet mount relying on two lugs that would slot into place. Among these, examples with cursive engraving of the focal length preceded those where angular letters were used. The later design utilised a ¼ screw mechanism.

early design, lugs with cursive numbers	early design, lugs with angular description	late design with ¼ thread
Designs for mounting the exchangeable front and rear elements of Hermagis trousse sets images by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

Overview of Trousse Sets

The following trousse sets can be documented:

For the various Trousse Sets Hermagis furnished tables which set out the possible combinations of the various lenses and which focal lengths and coverage can be achieved by them.

Trousse Aplanatique

The base lens design is that of the Hermagis Aplanat. Four base focal length combinations were marketed from 270 to 400mm:

Trousse Aplanétique nº 4 (for 24 x 30)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanétique nº 5 (for 18 x 24)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanétique nº 5bis (for 24 x 30)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanétique nº 6 (for 13x18)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

2 x Apl. No.6, Apl. No.7, G.A. No.7  set of waterhouse stops s/n 29864 eBay Jan2014

Trousse Aplanastigmatique

The base lens design is that of the Hermagis Aplanastigmat. Four base focal length combinations were marketed from 210 to 310mm:

Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 5bis  (310mm for 24 x 30)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 6  (270mm for 18 x 24)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 6bis  (230mm for 15 x 21)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and ¶¶¶

Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 7  (210mm for 13 x 18)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel with diaphragm and two nº 7 exchangeable lens groups as well as well as a nº 8 and a nº 9 lens group. Given the popular size of 13x18 this is the most common of the trousse sets. For the variation of focal lengths and view angles, as well as the resulting the plate coverage that can be derived from this set, see below.

Coverage of the lens combinations of the various Trousse Sets

Hermagis company publications furnish tables for Trousse Sets that set out the possible combinations of the various lenses and which focal lengths and coverage can be achieved by them. As they are scattered, they have been reproduced here for reference purposes.

Trousse Aplanastigmatique nº 7  (210mm for 13 x 18)

Sold as as trousse set comprising the lens barrel wih diaphragm and two nº 7 exchangeable lens groups as well as well as a nº 8 and a nº 9 lens group. ¶¶¶ 1896 page ¶¶

						Short Exposures						Long Exposures
Nº	Nature		Focal Length	Front Cell	Back Cell		Diaphragm Setting	Aperture f/	Format	View Angle		Diaphragm Setting	Aperture f/	Format	View Angle
I	Aplanastigmat Extra Rapide		21	7	7		1/3	7.7	13x18	46°		1	10	15x21	53°
II	Aplanastigmat Rapide		16.3	7	8		2	10.6	12 x16	53°		4	15.2	13x19	58
III	Aplanastigmat Grand Angulaire		14.3	7	9		4	13.3	10x15	56°		8	18.6	12x16	60°
IV	Grand Angulaire		12	8	9		4	11	9x12	53°		16	22	13x18	74°
V	Simple Rapide		39	—	7		1/3	13.5	13x18	26°		1	18.7	15x21	30°
VI	Simple Rapide		26	—	8		2	17	12x16	34°		4	25	13x18	38°
VII	Simple Rapide		20	—	9		2	13.3	9x12	33°		4	18.6	12x16	44

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Hermagis Major

The Hermagis Major f/4.5 was an Anastigmat available in various focal lengths. With a maximum aperture of f/4.5, Hermagis marketed the lens for folding cameras destined for the advanced amateur market, with the slower Magir (f/6.3) for the beginning amateur. While it was sold under the Hermagis (Paris) name from 19¶¶ to the late 1930s, the lens most probably manufactured by SOM.

The Major lens has been encountered as:

• 75mm f/4.5
  • on Cady Bubi
• 105mm f/4.5
  • in Vario shutter on Cady
  • in Vario shutter on Hermo-Selo

• 135mm f/4.5
  • in Ibsor in an unnamed 6x9 self erecting folder

• unspecified
  • Hemax Série 1C (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 11C (6.5 x 9);

• Anastigmat Major
  • 50mm f/4.5

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Hermagis Magir

Hermagis Magir 136mm f/6.3 in plain Gitzo shutter Héard & Mallinjod 'Hemax' 6 x9 plate camera image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The Hermagis Magir f/6.3 was an Anastigmat available in various focal lengths. With a maximum aperture of f/6.3, Hermagis marketed the lens for cameras destined for the beginning amateur market, with the slightly faster Major (f/4.5) aimed at the more advanced amateur. While it was sold under the Hermagis (Paris) name from 19¶¶ to the late 1930s, the actual lens was most probably already manufactured by SOM.

The Magir lens has been encountered as:

• unspecified (either 105 or 136mm)
  • Hemax Série 00 (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 00 (9 x 12)
  • Hemax Série 1B (9 x 12);
  • Hemax Série 1C (9 x 12)
  • Hemax Série 1C (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 11C (6.5 x 9)
  • Hemax Série 11C (9 x 12)

• 105mm f/6.3
  • Héard & Mallinjod Hemax 120 roll film camera in Gitzo shutter
  • Héard & Mallinjod Siva (c. 1930)

• • Balda Fixfous (1936) self-erecting folder
  • Wirgin 6x9 Plate camera in Wirgin shutter
• 125mm f/6.3
  • in shutters
    • Photo-Hall Perfect Rollfilm nº 6 in Vario shutter
  • as barrel lens

• 136mm f/6.3
  • in shutters
    • DeMaria-Lapierre ¶¶¶ 6 x 9 plate camera with Gitzo B3 shutter
    • Héard & Mallinjod Hemax 6 x 9 plate camera with Gitzo B3 shutter
    • Héard & Mallinjod Hemax 6 x 9 plate camera with Gitzo shutter
    • unamed 9x12 plate camera in Ibsor shutter in
  • as barrel lens

• 210mm f/6.3
  • lens in Compur shutter

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Hermagis Inscription Types

Type	Date Range	Image	Transcription
	~1900		Nº 22,527 HERMAGIS Optn Fabt Bté s.g.d.g. Paris (~1900)
	~1905		HERMAGIS Optn Fabt Bté s.g.d.g. Paris Nº 30,953 (~1905)
	1924		EXTRA RAPIDE Nº 5 HERMAGIS Nº 89664 (1924)
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Hermagis Serial Numbers

Hermagis lenses carry sequential serial numbers irrespective of focal length or design. The sides of the lens cells are inscribed with 'Hermagis á Paris' or merely 'Hermagis Paris' as well as the focal length and year of production (first etched, later in pencil). Based on a series of observations, the following serial number and date pairs have been compiled:

Table 1 Documented serial number and date combinations for Hermagis lenses

Serial number	Year	Lens Type	Reference
8077	no year written
10529	1868 (17 May)	Portrait #9
13240	1867
13657	1868
13995	1867
14098	1868
14361	1873	Extra Rapide nº 5
14399	1868
14659	1868
15067	1872
15505	1872
15512	1873
15744	1873
15971	1874
16723	1876
16784	1876
16944	1876
18702	1883
44064	1907
44108	1907	Objectif Cinema 150mm
46028	1908
58002	1920	Eidoscope #3 f/5
62259	1919	Objectif Cinema 110mm
68363	1920	Eidoscope #3 f/5
89664	1924	Extra Rapide Nº 5
95567	1924	Eidoscope #1 f/5
132115	1928	Objectif Cinema 150mm
146607	1929	Eidoscope #4 f/5
150059	1929	Cinema
277252	[blank]	Objectif Cinema 110mm

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