{"id":32702,"date":"2025-11-07T01:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=32702"},"modified":"2025-11-08T00:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:43:25","slug":"ol-two-eyes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/ol-two-eyes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ol’ two eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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lot 244 odd stereo camera with Tessar lenses<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Just picture the charm of lot 244 – a two lens stereo camera with what appears to be a frame ‘sports finder’.<\/p>\n

This is just one of the 3D cameras and accessories in our Museum Auction<\/a> this Sunday.<\/p>\n

The odd looking camera may be rare. The design suggests the 1910s to early 1930s. The Tessar f4.5 8.5cm focal length lenses and a lack of a third ‘viewing’ lens may be an indicator of the camera make\/year.<\/p>\n

Drop in Sunday in time to see\/handle the actual camera.<\/p>\n

Note: the title for this post is a riff on a nick-name for Frank Sinatra – “ol’ blue eyes<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Auctioneer Clint offered the following data (embossed on \u00a0the camera): The name “Francia Paris” and an oval between the two lenses marked inside as “Sumo — Paris”. Also the names, ARP Mackenstein<\/a> Paris and makers (in French) “H. Suffize & L. Molitor “.<\/p>\n

The lenses are Tessar’s made by Krauss Paris (under licence from Zeiss).<\/p>\n

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