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| − | The '''Scheren-Camera''' ('scissor-camera') is a camera made by [[Voigtländer]] in about 1903, for 9x12 cm plates. It has a | + | The '''Scheren-Camera''' ('scissor-camera') is a camera made by [[Voigtländer]] in about 1903, for 9x12 cm plates. It has a long bellows extension,<ref>In fact, only about 30 cm, or double-extension, but long for a camera without a bed.</ref> supported by scissor-struts.<ref name=W>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20140113_1124&inO=455 Scheren-Camera] with Collinear III 183 mm f/6.8, offered for sale at [http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.AuctionList?inL=&inC=WLPA&inA=20140113_1124&inWLPAAuctionType=AUCTION Camera Auction 26], on 22 November 2014, by [http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=3&L=1 Westlicht Photographica Auction]; the auction listing shows the camera with its listing in a contemporary catalogue.</ref> The bellows extends in front of and behind a central body, which carries the focusing control, a top-mounted [[Viewfinder#Newton finder|Newton-type viewfinder]] and bubble level. The rear body, carrying the focusing screen or plate-holder, may incorporate a focal-plane shutter. The camera was offered with or without it in Voigtländer's catalogue;<ref name=W/> an illustration in a report of the camera when new suggests the FP shutter is a removable module.<ref name=PM>Aarland, Dr. G. (1903) [https://archive.org/stream/photographische02photgoog#page/n317/mode/1up Voigtländer-Scheren-Camera]. In: ''Photographische Mitteilungen: Halbmonatschrift für Amateur-Photographie'' (Photographic Materials: fortnightly for amateur photography), P. Hanneke, editor. Gustav Schmidt Verlag, Berlin, 1903, pp177-8. In the library of Harvard University, digitised by Google and archived at [https://archive.org Internet Archive]; available for viewing and download in [https://archive.org/details/photographische02photgoog various formats] including PDF (26 MB). Text in German.</ref> Otherwise the camera was available with a shuttered lens. |
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| + | There is a focus scale in the left hand side of the rear body,<ref name=W/> and an extensible cloth band mounted on the central body, links the focusing mechanism with the lens-board, to adjust it for the focal length of the lens fitted.<ref name=PM/> | ||
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The Scheren-Camera ('scissor-camera') is a camera made by Voigtländer in about 1903, for 9x12 cm plates. It has a long bellows extension,[1] supported by scissor-struts.[2] The bellows extends in front of and behind a central body, which carries the focusing control, a top-mounted Newton-type viewfinder and bubble level. The rear body, carrying the focusing screen or plate-holder, may incorporate a focal-plane shutter. The camera was offered with or without it in Voigtländer's catalogue;[2] an illustration in a report of the camera when new suggests the FP shutter is a removable module.[3] Otherwise the camera was available with a shuttered lens.
There is a focus scale in the left hand side of the rear body,[2] and an extensible cloth band mounted on the central body, links the focusing mechanism with the lens-board, to adjust it for the focal length of the lens fitted.[3]
Notes
- ↑ In fact, only about 30 cm, or double-extension, but long for a camera without a bed.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scheren-Camera with Collinear III 183 mm f/6.8, offered for sale at Camera Auction 26, on 22 November 2014, by Westlicht Photographica Auction; the auction listing shows the camera with its listing in a contemporary catalogue.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aarland, Dr. G. (1903) Voigtländer-Scheren-Camera. In: Photographische Mitteilungen: Halbmonatschrift für Amateur-Photographie (Photographic Materials: fortnightly for amateur photography), P. Hanneke, editor. Gustav Schmidt Verlag, Berlin, 1903, pp177-8. In the library of Harvard University, digitised by Google and archived at Internet Archive; available for viewing and download in various formats including PDF (26 MB). Text in German.
