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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeX_imagettes.php#Zion=Zion Zion cameras] at ''Collection Appareils'' | * [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/listeX_imagettes.php#Zion=Zion Zion cameras] at ''Collection Appareils'' | ||
* [http://glangl1.free.fr/Marques_Fr/Zion.html Zion] cameras at Gérard Langlois' [http://glangl1.free.fr/Marques_Fr/Marques_Fr.htm Marques Français] | * [http://glangl1.free.fr/Marques_Fr/Zion.html Zion] cameras at Gérard Langlois' [http://glangl1.free.fr/Marques_Fr/Marques_Fr.htm Marques Français] | ||
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| + | Patents held by Joseph Zion, listed at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locale=en_EP Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office: | ||
| + | * [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=CH&NR=7587A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18940531&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP Swiss Patent 7587 of 1894], ''Viseur automatique pour chambres photographiques de tous systèmes'' (Automatic viewfinder for all types of camera), filed October 1893 and granted May 1894 to Joseph Zion, describing a telescopic viewfinder to be mounted on a bellows camera. The viewfinder throws its image onto a small ground glass, viewed through an eyepiece, and the lenses of the finder are moved by a geared linkage to the camera's focus mechanism. | ||
| + | * [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=189511302A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18960502&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP British Patent 11302 of 1895], ''Improvements in photographic cameras'', filed June 1895 and granted May 1896 to Joseph Zion, describing the Simili-Jumelle (unusually named as such in the patent). The camera is described as having a telescopic finder on the side, but not the one in the foregoing patent; this finder does not show focus. However, the camera has a radial pointer showing the focus distance on a scale. It has a plate magazine with a pull-push changing mechanism. | ||
| + | * [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=FR&NR=338597A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19040528&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP French Patent 338597] ''Jumelle photographique pliante'' (folding jumelle camera), describing a stereo jumelle camera body. In use, the camera has the tapered shape typical of a jumelle camera (the rear, with the plate, is taller than the lens board) but the side panels fold when not in use, making the camera more compact. The patent again shows a plate magazine with a changing mechanism. | ||
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| + | * ''Espacenet'' also lists [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=FR&NR=464925A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19140403&DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP French Patent 464925], ''Magasin photographique à tiroir'' (photographic drawer-magazine), filed November 1913 and granted April 1914 to Edmond Zion (surely a relative of Joseph). | ||
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
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J. Zion & Companie was a camera-maker in Paris, from about 1890 until at least 1930.[1] The company's cameras are mostly jumelle cameras.
Cameras
- Simili-Jumelle both mono and stereo jumelle cameras
- Lilliput; a simplified version of the Simili-Jumelle
- Austral detective camera offered as falling-plate and drawer-magazine models
- Star Stereo stereo jumelle camera
- Zionscope stereo/panoramic magazine camera for 6x13 cm plates
- Pocket strut-folding camera for 6.5x9 cm plates and film-packs.
- Stéréo-Pocket strut-folding stereo camera for 6x13 plates and film-packs.
Notes
- ↑ These dates are covered by the models shown in the Zion chronology at Sylvain Halgand's Collection Appareils.
Links
- Zion page at Collection G. Even's site
- Zion cameras at Collection Appareils
- Zion cameras at Gérard Langlois' Marques Français
Patents held by Joseph Zion, listed at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office:
- Swiss Patent 7587 of 1894, Viseur automatique pour chambres photographiques de tous systèmes (Automatic viewfinder for all types of camera), filed October 1893 and granted May 1894 to Joseph Zion, describing a telescopic viewfinder to be mounted on a bellows camera. The viewfinder throws its image onto a small ground glass, viewed through an eyepiece, and the lenses of the finder are moved by a geared linkage to the camera's focus mechanism.
- British Patent 11302 of 1895, Improvements in photographic cameras, filed June 1895 and granted May 1896 to Joseph Zion, describing the Simili-Jumelle (unusually named as such in the patent). The camera is described as having a telescopic finder on the side, but not the one in the foregoing patent; this finder does not show focus. However, the camera has a radial pointer showing the focus distance on a scale. It has a plate magazine with a pull-push changing mechanism.
- French Patent 338597 Jumelle photographique pliante (folding jumelle camera), describing a stereo jumelle camera body. In use, the camera has the tapered shape typical of a jumelle camera (the rear, with the plate, is taller than the lens board) but the side panels fold when not in use, making the camera more compact. The patent again shows a plate magazine with a changing mechanism.
- Espacenet also lists French Patent 464925, Magasin photographique à tiroir (photographic drawer-magazine), filed November 1913 and granted April 1914 to Edmond Zion (surely a relative of Joseph).
