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Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective Spy camera
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Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective Spy camera

Il Physiograph 4.5x6, noto anche come Physio-Pocket, è una rarissima fotocamera spia progettata dagli ingegneri Edmund e Léon Bloch e prodotta intorno al 1904. I due nomi identificano sostanzialmente lo stesso modello: Physiographe è una denominazione successiva. Camuffata come un normale monocolo, questa ingegnosa fotocamera integra un sistema di ripresa completo, con mirino angolato a 90° e obiettivo laterale, consentendo di fotografare in modo estremamente discreto. Il corpo è realizzato in metallo rivestito in pelle marocchina, con finiture di alta qualità. È dotata di dorso per lastre metalliche formato 4,5x6 cm, lenti acromatiche in vetro Jena e prestigioso obiettivo Krauss Tessar f/6.3, noto per l’eccellente resa ottica. Oggetto rarissimo e da collezione, Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective camera. This device, produced around 1900-1910, was designed as a covert camera, disguised to look like a monocular or small telescope. Manufacturer: Leon Bloch, Paris. Design: Monocular-shaped detective camera designed for discreet photography, taking images at a right angle to where the device appears to be pointing. Film Type: It used 4.5x6cm plate

No. 101345604

No longer available
Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective Spy camera

Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective Spy camera

Il Physiograph 4.5x6, noto anche come Physio-Pocket, è una rarissima fotocamera spia progettata dagli ingegneri Edmund e Léon Bloch e prodotta intorno al 1904. I due nomi identificano sostanzialmente lo stesso modello: Physiographe è una denominazione successiva.

Camuffata come un normale monocolo, questa ingegnosa fotocamera integra un sistema di ripresa completo, con mirino angolato a 90° e obiettivo laterale, consentendo di fotografare in modo estremamente discreto. Il corpo è realizzato in metallo rivestito in pelle marocchina, con finiture di alta qualità.

È dotata di dorso per lastre metalliche formato 4,5x6 cm, lenti acromatiche in vetro Jena e prestigioso obiettivo Krauss Tessar f/6.3, noto per l’eccellente resa ottica.

Oggetto rarissimo e da collezione,

Leon Bloch Paris Physiographe (Physio-Pocket) detective camera. This device, produced around 1900-1910, was designed as a covert camera, disguised to look like a monocular or small telescope.
Manufacturer: Leon Bloch, Paris.
Design: Monocular-shaped detective camera designed for discreet photography, taking images at a right angle to where the device appears to be pointing.
Film Type: It used 4.5x6cm plate

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Thorsten Pöllath
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Estimate  € 700 - € 800

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