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Spido "Reportage" Gaumont

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: L. Gaumont & Cie.
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Gaumont Reporter
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1925-1936
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZES:
  6½ x 9 cm.
  9 x 12 cm.
  10 x 15 cm.
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  folding
  press
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  105mm f/3.5 Zeiss Tessar (6½ x 9 cm.)
  135mm f/3.5 Zeiss Tessar (9 x 12 cm.)
  165mm f/3.5 Zeiss Tessar (10 x 15 cm.)

NOTES:
  "c1924. Heavy metal strut-folding camera for 9x12cm single plates or
  magazine. Flor f3.5/135mm lens. FP 1/25 - 1000 shutter." McKeown,
  1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: G271.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 55

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 209.//
George Eastman House Information File - Technology Collection.//

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Spido Reportage Gaumont

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