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Mapip Chambre coffret |
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Photos by Arnaud Saudax text by Arnaud Saudax. Last update 2022-11-06 par Sylvain Halgand.
Manufactured or assembled in France from (After) 1887 to (After) 1887.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 4243
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Chronology of cameras Mapip
MAPIP is an abbreviation for Manufacture d’Appareils Photographiques et d’Instruments de Précision, the name of the company led by the brothers Antonin and Léon Boulade. The Boulade brothers were close friends of the Lumière brothers and provided arc lighting systems for the early cinematographic projectors. In 1897, they hired Francis Pascal as the director of manufacturing, but he left the company before having his own camera, Le Pascal constructed by Japy.
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This small self casing folding plate camera with a classic design has the major interest of being the witness of the photographic industry in Lyon (France)
As with all cameras of this type that were usually sold with a non-pierced front plate, the shutter-lens block is certainly not original.
This model was intended for use on a tripod because of the presence of the two Congress type nuts, a spirit level and a small pendulum giving the horizontality, and used freehand as indicated by the presence of the two shoes intended to receive a removable (and lost ...) viewfinder.
The cabinetry is very beautiful and the green bellows with reinforced corners confirms the top of the range quality of this beautiful device.
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