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Lemaire N° 2 bis |
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Manufactured or assembled in France from (Before) 1931 to (After) 1931.
Index of rarity in France: Infrequent (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 5213
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Chronology of cameras Lemaire
En 1847, Mr. Lemaire founded a company with just one worker, which would later become the Lemaire Binoculars Manufacture, and then the Baille-Lemaire and Sons Establishments. In 1861, Mr. Lemaire established a training school and a boarding school for apprentices. In 1865, he created a mutual aid fund. In 1869, he introduced a attendance bonus. In 1870, Jean-Baptistin Baille (1841-1918), a graduate of the École Polytechnique, friend of Zola and Cézanne, married Armande Louise, Mr. Lemaire's daughter, and in 1871 became the co-director. Mr. Lemaire passed away in 1881. Jean-Baptistin Baille took over the management of the factory in 1885. The factory was then named Lemaire-Baille. On many patents filed by the company, Jean Louis Baille, the son of Jean-Baptistin, is presented as the inventor of the patented product.
Lemaire produced some fine models of cameras with innovative technical features protected by patents.
The following patents all list Jean Louis Baille (26 Oberkampf Street, Paris) as the inventor and Baille-Lemaire and Sons as the applicant.
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| Patent No. 543,909, filed on November 25, 1921, for improvements made to the focusing devices of cameras. | |
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| Patent No. 1,481,673, filed on February 6, 1922, for a combined roll-holding and plate camera | Patent No. 1,512,664, filed on October 30, 1922, for System of braces for supporting the folding beds of folding cameras |
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| Patent No. 1,528,239, filed on October 30, 1922, for Supporting device for objectives of photographic apparatus | Patent No. 1,544,794, filed on October 30, 1922, for Distance-indicating device for the focusing of photographic apparatus |
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| Patent No. 1,579,345, filed on February 6, 1923, for Plate-carrying frame for photographic apparatus | |
En 1911, there is also a patent (No. 421 0235) for an adjustment method and device for rangefinders filed by the company Baille-Lemaire and Sons, with no inventor mentioned. In 1912, there are other patents for a Sitomicrometer with self-collimating prisms (No. 443 041) or for an optical system with multiple magnifications and automatic focus retention (No. 445 333), etc. Patent filings cease during the First World War and only resume in 1920. The filings definitively stop in 1923.
Despite a rich history, Lemaire is somewhat unknown as a camera manufacturer. Perhaps this is due to the absorption of the company by Boyer, the optician who incorporated the cameras under his own brand. __________
Lemaire a surtout fourni des jumelles, et quelques appareils photo.
Le catalogue propose cet appareil avec un dos pour l'utilisation des plaques 6,5 x 9, sans doute pour attirer une éventuelle clientèle de quelques vieux nostalgiques.
Les appareils Lemaire sont très bien construits et très novateurs pour l'époque, avec un boîtier en aluminium moulé, bien avant les Bloc-Métal de Pontiac.
Lors de la première prise en main de ce folding, on a d'abord un ressenti de robustesse, due probablement à son poids et à l'épaisseur de son revêtement en cuir. L'ouverture de l'abattant puis le déploiement du soufflet ne peuvent que donner raison à cette première impression.
Les jambes d'abattant, joliment dessinées, ne permettent aucune vibration et et le U de fixation du bloc obturateur-optique, lorsqu'il n'est pas déplacé, se bloque à la quasi perfection. On sent là du travail bien fait.
D'autres détails ne peuvent que complimenter la fabrication de l'objet. Ainsi, le dos s'ouvre aisément en appuyant sur deux petites bosses latérales. L'extraction des bobines, une opération souvent agaçante, est ici facilitée grâce à de petits leviers repositionnables ensuite par un simple appui. Le viseur réflex pivotant vaut à lui seul le détour : grâce à de petits engrenages, la fenêtre rectangulaire de visée tourne en même temps que le reste du viseur, de sorte qu'elle est à la bonne position, paysage ou portrait, en suivant celle du bloc de visée.
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