Duoscope camera/projector

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Duoscope camera/projector
Duoscope Ltd., London; 17½mm., mahogany case, with side film counter, sports viewfinder, hand-crank, internal rotating lamp and deeply inset Meyer 35mm. lens, the side panel with plate DUOSCOPE. SOLE MANUFACTURERS DUOSCOPE LTD., FLORAL STREET, LONDON W.C. PATENTS APPLIED FOR THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Literature

Brian Coe (1981), The History of Movie Photography, p. 164.
Auer & Ory (1979), Histoire de la caméra ciné amateur, p. 74, nos. 50, 51.

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Lot Essay

Introduced in 1912 the Duoscope camera contained an electric lamp for connecting to a battery so that it could be used as a projector. Auer notes an identical camera produced by Maltheser Machinebau GmbH of Berlin. The Duoscope company was formally registered in 1913.

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