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Lot Essay
The Gillon camera referenced in Ariel is similar to camera no.79 but made by Éclair and with only a single lens mount.
Details
Maurice Gillon no. 79
L.Maurice, Paris; 35mm., Modele Gillon 1921, aluminium covered wood body with brass fittings, hand-cranked mechanism, two wood and aluminium 300ft. internal magazines, three lens sliding turret, linkage for remote control of focus, side mounted distance gauge, a Dallmeyer Pentac f/2.7 1½ inch lens, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Anastigmat no. 175037 f/2 2 inch lens no. 175037, an E Krauss Tessar f/3.5 75mm. lens no. 123917, lacking hand-crank, a tripod with alloy and brass geared pan and tilt head and wooden legs
L.Maurice, Paris; 35mm., Modele Gillon 1921, aluminium covered wood body with brass fittings, hand-cranked mechanism, two wood and aluminium 300ft. internal magazines, three lens sliding turret, linkage for remote control of focus, side mounted distance gauge, a Dallmeyer Pentac f/2.7 1½ inch lens, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Anastigmat no. 175037 f/2 2 inch lens no. 175037, an E Krauss Tessar f/3.5 75mm. lens no. 123917, lacking hand-crank, a tripod with alloy and brass geared pan and tilt head and wooden legs
Literature
Ariel (1981), Cinematographica Register, no. 917
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