Pascal

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Japy Fréres & Cie
DESIGNER: François Pascal
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Belfort
INTRODUCTION DATE: Jan. 5, 1900
PRODUCTION DATES: ca. 1899
PATENT DATE: June 5, 1900 US
FILM TYPE: rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 4 x 5.5 cm.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 14,75 francs
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: spring motor advance
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 69mm f/12 achromatic

NOTES:
  "The camera was small and box-like, quite simple in appearence.
  Inside, however, it contained a spring wind mechanism which was
  coupled to the shutter release. Once the film was place in the
  camera, the tongue having been threaded on the take-up spool and the
  back closed, a key was used to wind the film from the supply spool to
  the take-up spool. This action wound up the spring, which would then
  activate the shutter and rotate the so-called supply spool, upon
  triggering the release button, rewinding each exposure onto the
  original spool." (Lothrop, 1973).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: J360.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1057

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 105.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 249.//