Baudry Isographe stereo folding camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1928 - 1945
Materials
Metal, Glass, Paper, Leather
Measurements
85 x 160 x 35 mm (closed)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524725.1
Summary
A Baudry Isographe stereo folding camera with Berthiot Olor no.1 f5.7 75mm lenses and a 1 - 1/200th shutter. The camera is constructed of metal, with leather trim and black paper bellows. It is an early model, taking 6x13cm plates, and has an oversized frame finder with attached lens caps, and a levelling bubble mounted on the top. Markings; "Isographe" on a plate mounted between the lenses; manufacturer and technical specifications on the lenses. The camera comes with a ground glass plate marked "Ste. des etablissements Gaumont, Paris", and a metal 6x13cm plate marked "Voigtlander".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986