Lot Essay
Kamm's Kammatograph camera of 1900 made 600 exposures on a 12-inch diameter glass plate which rotatated slowly traversing the lens. The design was based on British patent no. 6515 of 17 March 1898.
Details
L. KAMM, London
A 12-inch diameter Kammatograph camera no. 27 with hand-crank, direct vision finder, helically focusing lens and maker's plate The Kammatograph. Patent. Manufactured by L. Kamm, 27 Powell St, London EC.
A 12-inch diameter Kammatograph camera no. 27 with hand-crank, direct vision finder, helically focusing lens and maker's plate The Kammatograph. Patent. Manufactured by L. Kamm, 27 Powell St, London EC.
Literature
Coe (1981), The History of Movie Photography, p. 163.
Ariel, Ariel Cinematographica Register, no. 381.
Ariel, Ariel Cinematographica Register, no. 381.
Further details
See illustration and front cover