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Cil TLC Lumière |
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Manufactured or assembled in Japan from (Circa) 1970 to (After) 1970.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 3046
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Chronology of cameras Cil
CIBA was a Swiss chemical company. Founded in the late 19th century, it gradually expanded, gaining recognition for its pharmaceutical products, dyes, and more. CIBA Photo emerged in 1960 through the merger of Lumière and Telko. CIBA also acquired a stake in Ilford UK. In the 1950s, Swiss company Telco marketed color photographic products under the name Telcolor. Lumière had been known since the late 19th century for its Gelatin-Bromide plates, followed by Autochromes. Since 1952, Ilford had been offering color prints from slides through the SDB process.
In 1958, Ciba developed Cibachrome, an exceptionally high-quality color process that allowed creating paper prints directly from slides without using negatives. The Cibachrome Print was introduced during the 1963 Photokina. In 1991, Cibachrome became Ilfochrome, before fading away during the 2010s.
Ciba Photo never manufactured cameras but distributed cameras under the CIL brand that were made by third parties. The name CIL consists of the initials of Ciba, Ilford, and Lumière. The Lumière name occasionally appeared on some models (likely intended for the French market), leveraging the brand's historical reputation. Most cameras originated from Germany, primarily Dacora models, but a few later models came from Hong Kong (Haking).
Editor's note: This model of camera is not referenced anywhere (yet). Its brand is not clearly established. The fact that the word Lumière is inscribed on the front does not necessarily associate it with this brand. In doubt, and given its manufacturing period, it has been arbitrarily classified under the brand Cil, resulting from the absorption of Ilford (UK) and Lumière (France) by Ciba (Switzerland).
The TLC Lumière is not common. It seems to only be found in a black version.
It is built on the base of the Argus/Cosina STL, which was marketed from 1970 to 1974. This particular example bears the number 120 359. It is equipped with a Cosinon Auto F=1.8 f=50 mm lens number 759 610, along with a lens cap bearing the Lumière brand.
The Cosina STL that serves as the base for this model is a reliable workhorse, found under several names like Edixa TL. Cosina used various combinations of letters like S, T, L, E, C, D, R in the names of its models without any known meaning. In the cloned models for other brands, these letters often appear in a different order.
It is likely that this was one of the last times the Lumière name appeared on a camera.
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