
Demeny-Gaumont chronophotograph camera/projector
- Made:
- c. 1898 in France
- maker:
- L Gaumont & Cie
- designer:
- Georges Demeny








Demeny-Gaumont chronophotograph camera/projector, c 1898. Serial No 1292. L Gaumont et cie, Paris. Cine camera and projector for 35mm film, Edison perforation; eccentrically mounted beater; two continuous prockets. Provision for frame, by moving gate; adjustable sector shutter; lens missing; external 400 foot magazines; direct vision viewfinder; film punch; handle missing.
Demeny Gaumont 35mm Chronophotograph Camera/Projector, 1896.
In 1896 Georges Demeny redesigned his 1893 camera for Léon Gaumont’s company so it could be adapted for projection, and would take perforated film. The resulting Demeny-Gaumont Chronophotograph 35mm camera projector has a beater movement, invented by Demeny, which could be used for either taking or projecting films. It could project 60mm films, meaning the projected pictures were more detailed.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/7191
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, white metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- specialist camera
- taxonomy:
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- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image making equipment
- camera (function)
- cine camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford