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| − | The '''Vélocigraphe''' is a [[Film advance#Falling Plate|falling-plate]] camera for up to twelve plates, designed by Étienne Ricard and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lacroix,<ref>[ | + | The '''Vélocigraphe''' is a [[Film advance#Falling Plate|falling-plate]] camera for up to twelve plates, designed by Étienne Ricard and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lacroix,<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DCH3730A Swiss Patent 3730 of 1891], ''Chambre Photographique'', granted to Étienne Ricard and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lacroix on 15 June 1891, describing the camera, and most particularly the plate-changing mechanism; at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/ Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.</ref> and made by [[Hermagis]] in Paris, in the 1890s.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p388.</ref> 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 an 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.<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C161.html Vélocigraphe] serial no. 909 at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref> The shutter tensioning lever also operates the plate-changing mechanism.<ref name=McK/><ref name=EP/> There is a plate counter, in a window in the maker's name plate on the right-hand side. There are [[Viewfinder#Watson finder|Watson-type]] viewfinders, and spirit levels, for horizontal and vertical orientation. |
The Vélocigraphe was made in | The Vélocigraphe was made in | ||
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13×18 cm plate sizes.<ref name=CA>Contemporary advertisements for [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=13568 le Vélocigraphe] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Collection Appareils]</ref> A stereo version was made for six 8×16 or 9×18 cm plates.<ref name=CA/> | 13×18 cm plate sizes.<ref name=CA>Contemporary advertisements for [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=13568 le Vélocigraphe] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Collection Appareils]</ref> A stereo version was made for six 8×16 or 9×18 cm plates.<ref name=CA/> | ||
| − | The Vélocigraphe was perhaps 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 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.<ref name=CA/> In ''l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques'', Hermagis and Rossignol included an article on photographic excursions by bicycle.<ref>Hermagis and Rossignol, 1897, ''Excursions Photo-vélocipédiques'', in | + | The Vélocigraphe was perhaps 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 Appareils'' promotes the camera and a '''sommier vélocipédique''' (bicycle mount) for mounting cameras, such as the Vélocigraphe, on a bicycle or tricycle, even allowing photographs to be taken while moving.<ref name=CA/> In ''l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques'', Hermagis and Rossignol included an article on photographic excursions by bicycle.<ref>Hermagis and Rossignol, 1897, ''Excursions Photo-vélocipédiques'', in ''l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques'', No.3, pp346-355. The whole volume was previously available for reading online or downloading from E-Corpus.</ref> However, an article on the Vélocigraphe in the same issue stresses the ''speed with which successive exposures can be taken'', so the name may instead have been intended to convey this.<ref>Hermagis and Rossignol, 1897, ''Le Vélocigraphe de MM De Ricard & Lacroix'', in ''l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques'', No.3 (as above), pp455-459.</ref> |
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| − | Cameras sold at [ | + | Cameras sold at Westlicht Photographica Auction (now [https://www.leitz-auction.com/auction/en/home Leitz Photographica Auction]): |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Hermagis-Velocigraphe/AI-20-13011 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 305, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-20/ 20th auction], on 12 November 2011. |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Hermagis-Paris-Velocigraphe/AI-12-20459 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.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-12/ twelfth auction], on 17 November 2007. |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Hermagis-Velocigraphe/AI-16-19357 Vélocigraphe] serial no. 899, with a folding optical finder on the top; sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-16/ sixteenth auction], on 5 December 2009. |
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Hermagis-Velocigraphe/AI-17-11551 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 [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-17/ seventeenth auction], on 29 May 2010. |
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The Vélocigraphe is a falling-plate camera for up to twelve plates, designed by Étienne Ricard and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lacroix,[1] and made by Hermagis in Paris, in the 1890s.[2] 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 an 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.[3] The shutter tensioning lever also operates the plate-changing mechanism.[2][3] 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[4]and 13×18 cm plate sizes.[5] A stereo version was made for six 8×16 or 9×18 cm plates.[5]
The Vélocigraphe was perhaps 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 Appareils promotes the camera and a sommier vélocipédique (bicycle mount) for mounting cameras, such as the Vélocigraphe, on a bicycle or tricycle, even allowing photographs to be taken while moving.[5] In l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques, Hermagis and Rossignol included an article on photographic excursions by bicycle.[6] However, an article on the Vélocigraphe in the same issue stresses the speed with which successive exposures can be taken, so the name may instead have been intended to convey this.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Swiss Patent 3730 of 1891, Chambre Photographique, granted to Étienne Ricard and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Lacroix on 15 June 1891, describing the camera, and most particularly the plate-changing mechanism; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vélocigraphe serial no. 909 at Early Photography.
- ↑ Velocigraphe 9x12cm, s/n 1137, with Hermagis Aplanastigmat No.8 140mm s/n 34383, seen in on-line auction (Dec 2013).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Contemporary advertisements for le Vélocigraphe at Collection Appareils
- ↑ Hermagis and Rossignol, 1897, Excursions Photo-vélocipédiques, in l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques, No.3, pp346-355. The whole volume was previously available for reading online or downloading from E-Corpus.
- ↑ Hermagis and Rossignol, 1897, Le Vélocigraphe de MM De Ricard & Lacroix, in l'Amateur d'Excursions Photographiques, No.3 (as above), pp455-459.
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Cameras sold at Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction):
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 305, sold at the 20th auction, on 12 November 2011.
- 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 twelfth auction, on 17 November 2007.
- Vélocigraphe serial no. 899, with a folding optical finder on the top; sold at the sixteenth auction, on 5 December 2009.
- 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 seventeenth auction, on 29 May 2010.
