My stereoscopic ones

[Dany]

Thank you for your kind interest in this thread.

Now, I invite you to discover another stereoscopic camera from my collection

This camera is a hundred years old and doesn't show it

It was built and marketed from 1922 by a French company named Cornu and is called Ontoscope
In my opinion, it represents the very best in mechanical and optical quality among stereoscopic cameras of the period.
The camera was designed to withstand the most extreme climates. The body of the camera is made of silver-plated brass, oxidised and enamelled.

Two formats were offered for this model at the time. 45x107 mm or 6x13 cm.
Mine is a 6x13. It is a block weighing over 800 grams.
It can fit a 12-plate magazine, a roll-film magazine or single-plate holders.

The lenses are two very nice Tessars 85 mm f : 4.5 and the shutter allows speeds from 1/5 of a second to 1/300 and still fires nicely.
The camera offers two viewfinders, a spirit level useful for stereoscopic images
I bought my copy with a plate magazine and a beautiful dedicated leather carrying case.

This is a page from a french camera retailer dated 1926

 

[webestang64]

Amazing piece! Interesting color choice for the body.

 

[Dany]

Thank you so much.
It comforts me to see that others share my passion for these dear old things.
I'm preparing a short presentation to come showing two stereoscopic cameras from the famous Lumiere company.
I hope you'll like it too.
And sorry for possible mistakes trying to practice a lunguage which is not my native one

 

[Dany]

Now, to end this thread, i’d like to show you two beautiful Sterelux cameras From the Lumière Company.
Even in France where these cameras were produced, they are relatively rare and it took me a long time to find them both.

These are two variants of the same model.
They can be easily distinguished by the form of the coupling bar that allows the two lenses to be focussed similarly
The first one(the one with the sinuous coupling bar between the lenses) was first produced and marketed from 193 to 1935
The second, with the straight coupling was issued later on.

They are klapp cameras to be loaded with type 116 film.
They can produce three types of negative formats
Diaphragms are set rotating the rim on the right lens, speeds are set the same way on the left lens
At the rear of the camera, you can see an impressive series of red windows allowing to manage the film advance for the three formats available.

Thank you again for your positive comments

Dany

 

[webestang64]

Two very interesting pieces. The second one looks like it could be a robot face from a science fiction movie.

Fantastic collection. I just love old cameras.