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Camera-Optique Hybrid
Museé Camera Suisse[1] #MCS-04
French c.1790
Dimensions: H= cm, W= cm, D= cm
Lens: ⌀=15.5 cm, ƒ=77 cm
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Figure MCS-04.1 –Camera-Optique Hybrid |
| Photo © Rod Bantjes. |
This is a combination between a camera obscura for drawing and an "optical machine " for viewing copper-plate engravings. It is included in the Optical Machine Taxonomy.
Endnotes:
[1] I would like to thank the staff at the Museé Camera Suisse for their generous assistance to me and Ana David Mendes..