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NIKOH Co. Ltd (Japan)

 
MINIMAX-LITE Year / année 1982
Subminiature camera disguised in a cigarette butane lighter.
Takes 8x11mm pictures on standard Minox cassettes film.
Fixed focus (1m to infinity) lens 14.3mm / f 8 ;
Single speed shutter 1/60 sec.
There are 12 different styles (color and body covering); this is the style 4 model : black with 14 silver lines.
 


NABOX ? (Germany)

NABOX *Year / année ?
Box for 6x9 on 120 rollfilm. Nabox is embossed on the strap but the manufacturer is unidentified. 
This model has brilliant viewfinders while others have groundglass viewfinders.
I have similar models with different markings : Browe, Record.
Probably made by same manufacturer.

 

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NO NAME (unidentified cameras) 

STEREO PLATE CAMERA Année / year c1915-30 ?
Rigid jumelle style stereo camera for 45x107 mm pictures on glass plates. Molded aluminium body with black leatherette covering, lens board is metal. 
French manufacturer : The camera was originally supplied in a wooden box marked "La stereoscopie pour tous" (stereoscopy for all)
Large Newton finder on top.
Achromat lenses , 3 diaphragm settings.
Shutter has 3 settings : 1 for instant, BP1 (acts as B), TP2 (acts as T). There is a lever on lensboard to arm the shutter, the release button is on top. Tripod socket on bottom.
Found with original leather case, cable release, ground glass back and five plate holders marked A.P. Paris.
The camera is very similar in design to the Photo-Plait models called "jumelles Plait stereoscopiques" and "Studioscope"

 

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STEREO PLATE CAMERA Année / year c1900
Early Jumelle style Stereo camera for 6x13 cm pictures on glass plates.
Wooden made body and magazine with brass trim and leather covering, lens board is aluminium.
The  magazine contains 9 gold coloured plates (falling plate system).
Newton finder on top, tripod socket on bottom.
Probably from French Manufacturer.
Unidentified f8 lenses (uncoupled diaphragm settings f8 to f44).
Simple guillotine shutter with I (instantané) and P (Pose), 4 speeds (button on bottom of frontplate marked 1-2-3-4). The P acts as T : you push to open the shutter, push again to close).
Arm the shutter by pulling the rod left side of lensboard, Shutter release is situated on top .

 

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LE KALISCOPE
STEREO-PLIANT 6X13

TYPE 1

Année / year c1928
Serial 113
Strut folding stereo camera for 6x13cm plates. The strut system is very rigid probably to guarantee a correct parallelism.
Aluminium body, metal lensboard.  Black enamel painted.
French manufacturer : marked Breveté SGDG n° 592.300 ("Breveté" indicates that the design of the camera incorporates one or more patents.  "S.G.D.G." = Sans Garantie Du Gouvernement, is a disclaimer required by the French government  stating that it does not guarantee qualities of the patented object).
Lenses are Fixed focus Anastigmat Roussel Paris Trylor 65mm/f6.8 (81809 and 81818).
Aperture setting from f23 to f6.8.
Gitzo shutter 25, 50, 100, B, T  similar to the Gitzo shutter of the Caillon Scopea stereo camera (you can see it on this site page C).
There are a folding Newton finder, a bubble level screwed on the metal face plate and a tripod socket on bottom.
Found in original leather case with folding ground glass back, 6 plate holders and instruction leaflet in french language.
A Type 2 exists with focusing Excellor Itier f6.3 lenses.
Price in 1928 : 750 francs ; the price of the case was 65 francs. Price for a plate holder was 4 francs.

 





     
FOLDING BED PLATE CAMERA *Année / year c1920-30 ?
Small plate camera for 6 x 9cm pictures.
Lens is a Spezial Aplanat  f8/105mm on Vario B,T,25-50-100 shutter.
Metal body with black leatherette covering. Opening button on top.
German made.

 

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