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. 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).
  2. 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. 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.