Photo-Binocular

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Geymet & Alker
INVENTOR: Nicour, Octave
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Jumelle de Nicour
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1867
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1867
PATENT DATE: Sept. 10, 1866 (FR)
FILM TYPE: dry collodion
IMAGE SIZE: 1½ x 1½ in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  detective
  dry collodion
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 65mm f/6.5 Petzval type

NOTES:
  "c1867. An early binocular-styled camera for 50 exposures on 1¼ x 1¼
  in. plates. A large cylindrical magazine contained the 50 plates,
  which were loaded and unloaded from the camera for each exposure by
  gravity. (Rather like a modern slide tray.)" (McKeown, 1994).
  Note: McKeown & Lotrop disagree on the image size. (TFG).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G397.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1017

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Lothrop, Eaton S., Jr. --A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.-- Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. pp 15.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 211.//