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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. | ||
| − | McKeown lists the Bijou with Voigtländer's own 105 mm f/4.5 Heliar. 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>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=21&inO=414 Bijou] offered for sale at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=21 21st Westlicht Photographica 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. | + | McKeown lists the Bijou with Voigtländer's own 105 mm f/4.5 [[Heliar]]. 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>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=21&inO=414 Bijou] offered for sale at the [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=21 21st Westlicht Photographica 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. |
McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply '''Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera'''.<ref name=McK></ref> | McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply '''Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera'''.<ref name=McK></ref> | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 20 November 2013
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.
McKeown lists the Bijou with Voigtländer's own 105 mm f/4.5 Heliar. 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.[2] The camera has a rotating back (to allow both horizontal and vertical photographs) and the lens is mounted in a rising front.
McKeown states that in Germany, the camera was not called Bijou, but simply Miniatur-Reflex-Kamera.[1]
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). p954.
- ↑ Bijou offered for sale at the 21st Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 23 May 2012.
