What camera was this?

nokia2010 · Feb 23, 2021

I found this image on pinterest. There was a link to a French site, but since the camera was sold, the page from the site was gone. "Google" Images was of no help.

Sirius Glass · Feb 23, 2021

Some sort of stereo camera, but I do not see the two speakers.

AgX · Feb 23, 2021

Sirius, I declare this as one of your top replies.

nokia2010 · Feb 23, 2021

It didn't had speakers because it was an early camera and no sound recording attached.

Donald Qualls · Feb 23, 2021

nokia2010 said:
It didn't had speakers because it was an early camera and no sound recording attached.

I agree, most portables in that era could only drive high impedance headphones.

Based on what we can see, it's a plate camera, with a strut folding front standard. There were a large number of different models of glass plate stereo cameras, often in a format that was double in one dimension of a standard plate size like 9x12 cm or quarter plate (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch). Ernemann made at least a couple different ones, and nearly every company that was making plate cameras as of the 1890-1910 period made at least one. Without more photos, we'd probably need to hear from someone who owns that specific model to get a positive ID.

AgX · Feb 23, 2021

Stereo photography came in wages, a major one was in the plate camera period, another in the 50's.

xya · Feb 23, 2021

it could be a Contessa-Nettel Stereax Tropen (Tropical) ...and no, no speakers... but 9x13 glass plates...

reddesert · Feb 23, 2021

Deckrullo tropical stereo by Nettel / Contessa-Nettel / Zeiss probably. It has Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, you can see that if you zoom in to the image.

Stereo version of these: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Deckrullo-Nettel

See for example: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-...eiss-ikon-stereo-deckrullo-tropen-6-x-13-1926

I don't have enyclopedic knowledge of these things, but Zeiss + tropical + stereo + sheet film will take you a long way in searching.

AgX · Feb 23, 2021

In my schooldays there hardly was an antique shop that did not have a stereo-print viewer in his window. Today I do not see such anymore. Coincidence?

Donald Qualls · Feb 23, 2021

And in less than three quarters of an hour, there it is.

nokia2010 · Feb 23, 2021

What it is? The answer?

AgX said:
In my schooldays there hardly was an antique shop that did not have a stereo-print viewer in his window. Today I do not see such anymore. Coincidence?

Because people aren't intrested any more in intresting stuff.

AgX said:
Stereo photography came in wages, a major one was in the plate camera period, another in the 50's.

Wages or waves?

reddesert said:
Deckrullo tropical stereo by Nettel / Contessa-Nettel / Zeiss probably. It has Carl Zeiss Jena lenses, you can see that if you zoom in to the image.

Stereo version of these: http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Deckrullo-Nettel

See for example: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-...eiss-ikon-stereo-deckrullo-tropen-6-x-13-1926

I don't have enyclopedic knowledge of these things, but Zeiss + tropical + stereo + sheet film will take you a long way in searching.

Whoa, focal plane. No flash sync, but 1/1200 second shutter speed makes it very intersting for some ocasion. If you can adapt a roll film, it would be nice...

grat · Feb 23, 2021

https://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Nettel/Deckrullo-Stereo-Nettel-Tropen.html

Bob S · Feb 23, 2021

Whatever it is it still is. If it was you wouldn’t have seen it.

Ron (Netherlands) · Mar 9, 2021

nokia2010 said:
There was a link to a French site, but since the camera was sold, .

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there are still many unsold, e.g. search "Deckrullo stereo" at the auction sites

nokia2010 · Mar 9, 2021

I wonder what prices do have the unsold ones.

Ron (Netherlands) · Mar 11, 2021

Be aware that most of the Deckrullo's have broken shutter cloth, and are not easy to repair. Their shutter was the example for the complicated but reliable Zeiss Ikon Contax shutter. I've repaired quite some, and the Deckrullo's are very nice to operate once they have a good shutter - however repairs come at a cost.

fabulousrice · Mar 16, 2021

nokia2010 said:
I found this image on pinterest. There was a link to a French site, but since the camera was sold, the page from the site was gone. "Google" Images was of no help.

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A "Stereo folding camera" search on google retrieved many similar results such as this "ca.1903 NETTEL Strut Folding Plate CAMERA Ortho Stereo F=63/120mm Doppel-Anastigmat Camerawerk Folding Camera Original Antique 1900s"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/751125232/

Neil Poulsen · Jun 5, 2021

Sirius Glass said:
Some sort of stereo camera, but I do not see the two speakers.

Must be Bluetooth.

Alex Benjamin · Jun 5, 2021

Sirius Glass said:
Some sort of stereo camera, but I do not see the two speakers.

You're thinking of the "Boom" box camera they used to lug on their shoulders while strutting down the streets back in the days.

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