Cadot Dextris

Photos by BL text by BL. From the collection of BL. Last update 2015-03-13 par Sylvain Halgand.

Manufactured or assembled in France from 1895 to (After) 1902.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 10495

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Covered with black morocco, this camera, of the class of the detectives, contains 12 plates. Provided with two viewfinders with clear chambers and two spirit levels, it also allows exposures at eye level by centring the subject located on the right-sided, from where its name of “Dextris”.

On the right-sided, integrating the control lever and the exposure counter, a circular plate is engraved of a star inserted between the initial ones of the manufacturer (AC), followed serial number.

The lens went up on a metal plate fixed inside the chamber In fronting, one can see the iris diaphragm i and two control levers: one offers the choice between the pose and the instantaneous one, the other is the shutter release.

With sincere thanks with Bernard P. who, at the conclusion of a remarkable research allows the presentation of the documents below, of which the publicity of the manufacturer Auguste Cadot, 39 rue de la Folie-Méricourt in Paris.