Sigriste camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: J.G. Sigriste
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
SEE ALSO: Sigriste Stereo camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: Dec. 1899
PATENT DATE: July 30, 1900 Swiss
FILM TYPE: dry plate
IMAGE SIZE: 6.5 x 9 cm.
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 350 francs less lens
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: focal plane shutter
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  dry plate
  magazine
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 100mm f/3.6 Krauss-Zeiss Planar

NOTES:
  "Presented at the December 1899 meeting of the Société Française de
  Photographie, Guido Sigriste's camera exhibited some unique features.
  Most unusual of all the features was the shutter. A bellows extends
  rearward inside from the lensboard, tapering to the parallel metal
  plates which are at the focal plane and move across like a focal-plane
  shutter. The bellows and plates move together during the exposure.
  The shutter speeds are varied by changing the slit width and changing
  the tension on the shutter. A large circular area on the bottom of
  the camera features a dial with a movable arm for determining the
  exposure time and tensioning the shutter. Ten different apertures and
  10 different tensions offer 100 combinations (a few duplicating each
  other) of speed settings." (Lothrop, 1973).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: S578.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 1118

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 107.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 388.//