'Photosphere' camera with view finder and two dark slides by Napoleon Conti, all in original leather case, c. 1890 'Photosphere' camera with view finder and two dark slides by Napoleon Conti
Metal bell plate camera - Le Photosphère. Manufactured by Compagnie Française de Photographie, 7 Rue de Solferino, Paris. Takes 9 x 12 cm plates. Fitted with a rapid rectilinear lens, of fixed aperture, helical screw focusing with a shutter perforated hemisphere with a rotating bell inside. T/I, adjustable tension. With a removable reflecting view finder. 2 fitting positions. Patented in France and abroad, No 747. Overall: 125 mm x 175 mm x 154 mm. 'Le Photosphère' plate camera, c 1890