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Rhaco Chambre |
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Manufactured or assembled in Germany from (Circa) 1930 to (Circa) 1939.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 4061
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Chronology of cameras Rhaco
The commercial name Rhaco is a contraction of Richard HENNING & Co, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a company founded in this city in 1909 by R. Henning and Ernst Schmittmann. Before World War II, Rhaco not only produced photographic equipment but also accessories such as viewfinders, filters and filter holders, magnifiers, and more.
The German commercial brand Rhaco reappears after World War II, primarily as a distributor of simple cameras (ranging up to a 24 x 36 slide projector produced by Zeiss Ikon!) and accessories (e.g., flashbulbs, cinema torches, light meters, lecture pointers), sometimes in collaboration with Agfa.
Cette petite chambre à plaques 6,5 x 9 cm, de 1928-30, est correctement équipée pour un appareil de marque peu prestigieuse et peu connue à l'époque : corps en bois et aluminium, soufflet à double-extension, décentrement horizontal et vertical, niveau à bulle, obturateur Compur opérant jusqu'au 1/200 et offrant les vitesses lentes.
Cet exemplaire est doté d'un objectif rare, un Hekistar de 10,5 cm ouvrant à 3,5.
Il n'y a aucun doute quant au nom de l'appareil : le sigle Rhaco est bien incrusté dans le cuir de la courroie.
About the Lens Manufacturer
A small company, the German optics manufacturer Optische Werke Rüdersdorf AG (founded in Bremen in 1919, established in Berlin from 1922) benefited from the research of Hugo Hahn, an inventor whose traces can be found through several patents. For a few years, it produced relatively niche lenses under the commercial name Rüo. Production is believed to have ceased in February 1926, and it was deregistered from the trade register in 1932.
During this very short period, the company manufactured optics for photography, such as the Celeinar, Acomar, Paritar, Rapidor, and Iricentor, as well as optics for cinema (e.g., for Ernemann). The Celeinar (or Calinear / Calinar, depending on sources) is a 60 mm lens with an aperture of 1.5 that was used on an early 24 x 36 camera, known as the "Kamerad Rapid," produced in 1922 by Mentor-Werke in Dresden (see link) for low-light conditions.
Rüo's Hekistar optics can be found on telescopes and other scientific instruments, as well as on this small camera, which likely did not come standard with these lenses.
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