PATHE BABY Motocamera

PATHE BABY Motocamera

Matériel en location

Camera 1958

In 1922, Pathé launched a range of products designed to promote amateur cinema: Pathé-Baby.

The film format, 9.5 mm, is the smallest, and it is not flammable! Sold in metal cartridges, the films are easily placed in a crank projector, compact, for home.

Soon, the range initially limited to the projector and its films was expanded: cameras (1923), and all the necessary equipment for the development and editing of films have appeared.

The model shown here dates from 1928. It is a Motocamera, advanced model of the Pathé-Baby camera, which has an automatic shooting with a spring training: no need to turn a crank to film ! It is an aluminum apparatus sheathed morocco whose mechanism is mounted between two plates forming the housing.

The lens F = 3.5, very bright, has a focal length of 20 mm and allows net subjects from a distance of 1 m 50, and without limit. The portraits are sharp as for them between 80 cm and 1 m 50.

We can see on the excerpt of the catalog of 1928 that the Motocamera cost 1100 francs, while the Pathé-Baby camera cost only 525 francs.

It must be remembered, however, that in 1930 the annual salary of a junior teacher was only 875 f. These devices were thus reserved for a prosperous layer of society!

The case with our Motocamera is called "Luxury leather bag" and cost 90 f.
 

Data sheet

Date of manufacturing
1928
Localisation
STOCK
Presentation
Painted steel
Painted steel
Painted steel
Photos
Non-contractual

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