Cadot Fallax

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

Manufactured or assembled in France from (Before) 1898 to (After) 1902.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 2085

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Chronology of cameras Cadot

Traduction de Manuel M

According to Annuaire général de la photographie of 1898

DETECTIVE “FALLAX”
CONTAINING 12 PLATES 9 x 12 - 18 EXTRA-THIN PLATES or 24 RIGID FILMS

This camera, whose the success still crescent is due to the meticulous care taken to its construction, has all the possible improvements. Special tools, completely new manufacture processes, enable us to produce a considerable quantity of these cameras. It is this quantity which explains the very reduced price at which we managed to build these detectives cameras whose quality is so universally enjoyed.

Double guillotine SHUTTER extra- rapid, working with pear or the hand, 2 nuts of the Congress thread, variable focal point, variable speeds.
2 clear viewfinders Dextris system.

Robust RETRACTION unavoidable, with automatic exposure counter, patented S.G.D.G.

PRICE
Sheath-making morocco, Lens Zeiss (serie 2 A n° 2): 245 francs.
The same one, Double anastigmat Goerz or orthostigmat Steinheil: 230 francs.
Sheath-making morocco, Lens orthoperiscopic Derogy: 130 francs.
Sheath-making black morocco, rectilinear lens: 85 francs.
Special bag: 8 fr. 50

The system of viewfinders with eyepiece makes it possible to photograph a subject without one being turned in his direction, essential condition so that the characters keep a natural attitude.

SQUARE MODEL with anastigmats Zeiss, Goerz, or Steinheil. The bag is not included in the opposite price.