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Lot Essay
David Samuelson states that the camera was reputedly used by Jean Renoir.
Details
Le Cameréclair no. 1705
Éclair, Paris; 35mm., aluminium case with brass fittings, hand-cranked, with optional detachable variable speed electric motor no. 222, internal circular aluminium film magazines, 400ft. film capacity, Kinoptik reflex viewfinder no. 3399, folding Newton-type finder, film counter, forward and reverse lever, a six lens turret mount holding a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 25mm. lens no. 284734, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Anastigmat f/2 28mm. lens no. 295323, Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 35mm. lens no. 315107, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 40mm. lens no. 317934, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 50mm. lens no. 308050; an Akeley gyro tripod no. 185 with bowl fitting, wooden legs and wooden spider; a case with six metal film magazines and additional motor
Éclair, Paris; 35mm., aluminium case with brass fittings, hand-cranked, with optional detachable variable speed electric motor no. 222, internal circular aluminium film magazines, 400ft. film capacity, Kinoptik reflex viewfinder no. 3399, folding Newton-type finder, film counter, forward and reverse lever, a six lens turret mount holding a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 25mm. lens no. 284734, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Anastigmat f/2 28mm. lens no. 295323, Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 35mm. lens no. 315107, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 40mm. lens no. 317934, a Taylor-Hobson Cooke Speed Panchro f/2 50mm. lens no. 308050; an Akeley gyro tripod no. 185 with bowl fitting, wooden legs and wooden spider; a case with six metal film magazines and additional motor
Literature
Peter Ariel (1989), Ariel Cinematographic Register, Band 3, no. 611.
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