Not realy in the target of my camera collection  I was obliged to acquire this wonderfull machine. It was waitting for me since 4 months in Paris.

The KINORA : A portable pre-cinema machine, destinated to observe the first movements based in the Chromographie.  This one came with 10 films. Patent in 1896 by  Lumiere brothers , they arrive to the  market around 1900.

Let's see how  it works!....

2 photos from Ribeira , Porto, Portugal (Around 1900)

 Originally born in Porto, Portugal, there was always a personal  interest in the old photos from my city.

Nostalgy come with the years and this article represents the feeling  I'm facing.

Observe these 2 nice albumine photos with the Ponte D. Luis in the background.

Complete picture with children , parents and great parents.

Typical portuguese 1900 mens mustache with striped bathing suit. Children equipped with floating buoys for safety reasons . In 2nd photo, one man already in the water.

To realize the same photo I've decided to go on site and take a similar view. 

What do you think? Probably the same place but more than 120 years later

Daguerreotype from 1845 photographed by Jean Nicolas Truchelut - My oldest one

Jean Nicolas TRUCHELUT  was earlier french photograph ,one of the disciples from Daguerre, started working with him since 1831.

This photo was taken  in 1845 and according to the text mentioned in the back, was token close to Chateauroux , in France the 23rd June 1845 during river flood of the Creuse river

Probably not in  the original frame  , I've decided to keep it, instead using   a Napoleon III  frame.

Never forget,  when you have a Daguerreotype , you have the original  picture, token in this amazing period, by a unique photographer. A UNIQUE PHOTO!

Quater plate  → 11cm X 8cm

TRUCHELUT  was an itinerant photograph  travelling all over France. Probably he was combining  the photography with family business, watch repairing. He  was original from  Hautes Vosges , not fairway from Strasbourg.

This photo freezes in the time  a typical family  with 5 personages  from this period.

Once Restored

TEXT:

“Fait le 23 Juin de 1845 , jour néfaste de la crue et débordement

de la Creuse qui a couvert une partie de la route du Blanc,

à Chateauroux et enseveli les prairies qui la bordent.

Elle est venu jusqu à ?rassurer …? 

Deux gendarmes ont été sur le point de se noyer, en allons porter

du secours aux habitants des voisins de la ville”

As usual , Daguerreotype was open to  and was in high risk to become imperceptible in a few years . With a few hour , most probably is saved and will resist a few more decades. Here some steps how to proceed !

Dismounting

 Need to removed the old sealing  strip

Plate stamp 30 in left down  corner 

Use always appropriated   material 

Rangefinder Beira II from 1934 with "Okula" prisma system

 This camera was found as trash with other photographic material. 

Basically cost me 5€ and I've decide to  provide a cosmetic relook and preserve this camera  a few years more!

It was the 1st time I saw it and only later found that is not very commun

Equipped with Schneider Kreuznach Xenar  5cm 2.9 sn.807788

Shutter Compur-Rapid  working from 1→500 

Rangefinder is nor working due to broken support.

Here some steps from transformation:

Missing leather

Leather removed from aluminium body

Cleaning body

Rangefinder removed

Lens removed and cleaned

checking rangefinder and missing parts.

Rebuilding 

Gluing leather

Gaumont Stereodrome 6x13 sn.1768

This year the Fête des brocs - 14 août 2020, Port-de-Lanne/France was cancelled and moved to Mont de Marsan due to COVD-19

For me it was the GAUMONT year. In 3 different sellers: 

→2 Books  “Les Spidos et Stereospidos Gaumont” & “Notice pour emploi  des Block- Notes, des Stereo-Block-Notes des Amplificateurs  Gaumont” 

→Parts for Gaumont stereo cartridge. 

→And  a wonderfull Gaumont Stereodrome  6x13 sn.1768 not working. 

After 4 days restoring, the mechanism became operational. 

RARE Lancart XYZ, french camera from 1935

Announced as the smallest camera in world in 1935.

This model is equipped with an Hermagis  Major 4.5. This solid camera was well made.

Finished in nickel, after all this years it still seems as new.

We didn’t found any information about Lancart company. Only that it was based in Paris.

Not using standard apertures 5.1/6.6 /C(closed)/8.4/11.5

Dimension 60x40mm

Dedicated Gevaert 16mm film was giving   10x13mm

No serial number found

Zeiss Super Ikonta 530-15 from 1932

This is rangefinder camera from 1932 according to the lens serial number. 1 449 857.

No other serial number in the body was found

I nice Carl Zeiss  Tessar lens 12cm 4.5

Slow speeds untill 1/5 are not working but once  we reach hight speeds, shutter starts work  like a clock.

Includes a film plate to transform 6 1/2 x11 cm  to 5x6/1/2.
According to Zeiss books this is a 170.1.15  Type 2 from a total of 3 types

Some indications inside film door "SPEZIAL ???   ???? " and "?AT? 5856 ???"
Looking for more infomations concerning this notes