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| − | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=239164&_ssl=off#239164 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 305, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=232078&acat=232078&lang=3 November 2011 | + | Cameras sold at Westlicht Photographica auctions in Vienna: |
| − | + | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=239164&_ssl=off#239164 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 305, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=232078&acat=232078&lang=3 November 2011 auction]. | |
| + | * [https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=102746&_ssl=off#102746 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 831, in its case (with tripod bushes and spirit levels ''on the case'') and with Tele-Objective (a teleconverter, to mount between the camera and lens); sold at the [https://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=94204&acat=94204&offset=1&lang=3 November 2007 auction]. | ||
| + | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=178357&_ssl=off#178357 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 899, with a folding optical finder on the top; sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=175122&acat=175122&offset=1&lang=3 December 2009 auction]. | ||
| + | * [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?f=popup&id=190066&_ssl=off#190066 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 1454, with Aplanastigmat No. 8 140 mm f/6.8 lens, and altered shutter release, and with an accessory shoe and two tripod sockets on the body, sold at the [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=185089&acat=185089&lang=3 May 2010 auction]. | ||
Revision as of 01:50, 9 December 2011
The Vélocigraphe is a falling-plate camera for up to twelve plates, made by Hermagis in Paris, in the 1890s.[1] The body is a wooden box; it was supplied in a close-fitting leather case, the front opening to allow it to be used while in the case; all the controls are on the front. It has a Hermagis lens with an iris diaphragm, mounted with a coarse screw thread for focusing. The camera has a behind-the-lens shutter, with seven speeds (numbered 1 - 7 on the control), set by varying spring tension.[2] The shutter tensioning lever also operates the plate-changing mechanism.[1][2] There is a plate counter, in a window in the maker's name plate on the right-hand side. There are Watson-type viewfinders, and spirit levels, for horizontal and vertical orientation.
The Vélocigraphe was made in 9×12 cm and 13×18 cm plate sizes.[3] A stereo version was made for six 8×16 or 9×18 cm plates.[3]
The Vélocigraphe was probably so named to take advantage of the fashionability of cycling; certainly the camera, in its case, and intended for hand-held use, would have been easy to carry on a bicycle. One of the advertisements at Collection d'Appareils promotes the camera and a sommier vélocipédique (bicycle mount) for mounting cameras, such as the Vélocigraphe, on a bicycle or tricycle, allowing photographs to be taken while moving.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p388.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vélocigraphe serial no. 909 at Early Photography.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Contemporary advertisements for le Vélocigraphe at Collection d'Appareils
Links
Cameras sold at Westlicht Photographica auctions in Vienna:
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 305, sold at the November 2011 auction.
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 831, in its case (with tripod bushes and spirit levels on the case) and with Tele-Objective (a teleconverter, to mount between the camera and lens); sold at the November 2007 auction.
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 899, with a folding optical finder on the top; sold at the December 2009 auction.
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 1454, with Aplanastigmat No. 8 140 mm f/6.8 lens, and altered shutter release, and with an accessory shoe and two tripod sockets on the body, sold at the May 2010 auction.
