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The '''Bijou''' is a single-lens camera for 4.5x6 cm plates, made in about 1908 by [[Voigtländer]]; it is the first SLR in such a small format.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p954.</ref> It is broadly box-shaped, with a slight taper toward the front. It has a ground-glass focusing screen in the top of the camera, within a folding leather hood. Unlike many larger box-form SLR cameras, it has helical focusing in the lens mount, rather than a bellows. | The '''Bijou''' is a single-lens camera for 4.5x6 cm plates, made in about 1908 by [[Voigtländer]]; it is the first SLR in such a small format.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p954.</ref> It is broadly box-shaped, with a slight taper toward the front. It has a ground-glass focusing screen in the top of the camera, within a folding leather hood. Unlike many larger box-form SLR cameras, it has helical focusing in the lens mount, rather than a bellows. | ||
| − | The camera has Voigtländer's own 10 cm f/4.5 [[Heliar]].<ref name=McK/><ref name=W>[https:// | + | The camera has Voigtländer's own 10 cm f/4.5 [[Heliar]].<ref name=McK/><ref name=W>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Voigtlaender-Bijou/AI-26-30942 Bijou] with the original 10 cm f/4.5 Heliar, offered for sale at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-26/ 26th Westlicht Photographica Auction] (now Leitz Photographica Auction), on 22 November 2014.</ref> An example was offered for sale at Westlicht with a Ross 4-inch f/4 Wide Angle Xpres, probably not the camera's original lens.<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/VoigtlA-nder-Bijou/AI-21-13802 Bijou] with Ross 4-inch f/4 Wide Angle Xpres, offered for sale at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-21/ 21st Westlicht Auction], on 23 May 2012.</ref> |
The camera has a rotating back (to allow both horizontal and vertical photographs) and the lens is mounted in a rising front. It has a focal-plane shutter, with cloth blinds traveling vertically. The photographs of examples seen suggest this is rather simple, offering only 'Z' ('T' shutter) and 'M' ('I' shutter; an unspecified instantaneous speed) at either of two shutter slit-widths.<ref name=W/> | The camera has a rotating back (to allow both horizontal and vertical photographs) and the lens is mounted in a rising front. It has a focal-plane shutter, with cloth blinds traveling vertically. The photographs of examples seen suggest this is rather simple, offering only 'Z' ('T' shutter) and 'M' ('I' shutter; an unspecified instantaneous speed) at either of two shutter slit-widths.<ref name=W/> | ||
| − | McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply '''Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera'''.<ref name=McK | + | McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply '''Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera'''.<ref name=McK/> |
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| − | *[https:// | + | *[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Voigtlaender-Bijou/AI-27-32150 Bijou], another example with the 10 cm f/4.5 Heliar, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-27/ 27th Westlicht Camera Auction], in June 2015. |
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The Bijou is a single-lens camera for 4.5x6 cm plates, made in about 1908 by Voigtländer; it is the first SLR in such a small format.[1] It is broadly box-shaped, with a slight taper toward the front. It has a ground-glass focusing screen in the top of the camera, within a folding leather hood. Unlike many larger box-form SLR cameras, it has helical focusing in the lens mount, rather than a bellows.
The camera has Voigtländer's own 10 cm f/4.5 Heliar.[1][2] An example was offered for sale at Westlicht with a Ross 4-inch f/4 Wide Angle Xpres, probably not the camera's original lens.[3]
The camera has a rotating back (to allow both horizontal and vertical photographs) and the lens is mounted in a rising front. It has a focal-plane shutter, with cloth blinds traveling vertically. The photographs of examples seen suggest this is rather simple, offering only 'Z' ('T' shutter) and 'M' ('I' shutter; an unspecified instantaneous speed) at either of two shutter slit-widths.[2]
McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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). p954.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bijou with the original 10 cm f/4.5 Heliar, offered for sale at the 26th Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction), on 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Bijou with Ross 4-inch f/4 Wide Angle Xpres, offered for sale at the 21st Westlicht Auction, on 23 May 2012.
Links
- Bijou, another example with the 10 cm f/4.5 Heliar, sold at the 27th Westlicht Camera Auction, in June 2015.
