Enjalbert Photorevolver
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Theophile-Ernest Enjalbert produced a camera in the shape of a revolver in Paris, France, c. 1882. The Photo-Revolver de Poche made 10 exposures of about 18x18mm on dry plates (notes on examples sold at Christie's, apparently quoting from a source (perhaps Cornwall's Historische Kameras see below) give the plate-size as 20 mm square, and state that a larger model for 40-mm plates was also made;[1][2] notes on an example sold at Westlicht give 16 mm square[3]). The camera has a 70mm f/10 lens as the gun barrel. It was designed by Albert Posso (1854-1932). According to the notes on one sold at Westlicht,[3] only fourteen examples of the camera were made, and as few as six are thought to survive.
The camera was the subject of French Patent 147655, of 1882,[1] but this Patent lapsed after a year because a renewal fee was not paid.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Photo-Revolver de Poche serial no. 3, sold (for 55 750 UK pounds) at Christie's Sale 6948, Cameras and Optical Toys, 31 August 1995 London (interesting text but no picture).
- ↑ Photo-Revolver de Poche serial no. 8, sold (for 69 750 UK pounds) at Christie's sale 9434, Cameras and Photographic Equipment, 16 July 2002, London (picture).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Photo-Revolver de Poche serial no. 9, sold at the thirteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction, on 7 June 2008.
Bibliography and links
- Image magazine pdf v1n7, 1952 at Luminous-Lint
- "Object of the week", The Telegraph, 15 July 2002
- Aide-Memoire de Photographie 1883, p. 183.
- Michel Auer and Eaton S. Lothrop (1978), Die Geheimkameras, p. 122, 125.
- Brian Coe (1978), Cameras, p. 53, 54.
- James E. Cornwall (1970), Historische Kameras 1845-1970, p. 11 no. 7.
- J-P Francesch et.al. (1993), Les Appareils Photographiques Français, p. 309 no. 1482.
- Eaton S. Lothrop (1973), A Century of Cameras, p. 24.
- Photographic News, May 18 1883, p. 309.