Sept
Camera
Etablissements Andre Debrie
French, estab. ca. 1905
Sept
ca. 1922
Metal, leather and glass
Overall: 5 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 7 × 8.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1977.0415.0175
DescriptionBlack, rectangular, 35mm, spring motorized motion picture camera with eye level viewfinder, waist level viewfinder, 50mm f/3.5 lens, lens cap, single-frame exposure and one film spool in brown leather case. The camera accepts 17' of film.
Inscriptions Engraved in black above lens: SOCIÉTÉ FRANCAISE SEPT PARIS / Engraved in black below lens: CONSTRUIT PAR LES ETABLISSEMENTS ANDRÉ DEBRIE PARIS Q05331 SEPT MADE IN FRANCE / Engraved in white on lens: ANASTIGMAT "OPTIS" f/3.5 50mm PARIS No. 10191 / Engraved in black above door latches on left side of camera: OPEN / Engraved in black below door latches on left side of camera: CLOSED / Engraved in black below the shutter lever on left side of camera: OPEN / Engraved in black on the footage gauge on the back of the camera: 0-200 increments
