Le Photosphere 9x12cm ebay 1328549 in Compur shutter and

1328549 in Compur shutter and focusing mount (

mit passendem Griff

16mm finder

pivoting back for taking horizontal pictures

presentations box

Le Photosphere 9x12cm ebay 1328549 in Compur shutter andThe Photosphre is an unusual plate camera, designed and patented by Napolon Conti in 1888, and made in several sizes by the Compagnie Franaise de Photographie in Paris. It was designed for use in tropical regions and therefore, unusually for the time, made of metal. The body is brass, with a silver coloured plating (usually very tarnished in examples seen now). The front of the body has an unusual hemispherical shape. Within this (behind the lens) the