8mm Forum: 17.5 camera

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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on November 02, 2016, 02:39 PM:

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Tres-rare-Camera-17-5mm-Pathe-Rural-Format-condamne-en-juin-1941/152304681720?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1 %26asc%3D39923%26meid%3D23ec2c68d8194f06a5875997ef75c2f0%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D162227239991

[ November 03, 2016, 05:09 PM: Message edited by: Dominique De Bast ]

Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on November 03, 2016, 05:05 PM:

It appears to be a very rare camera that could easily be mistaken for a 9.5 Pathe Motocamera. It seems unlikely that was marketed in the UK. A few Pathescope Rex 17.5 silent projectors and 17.5 Talkie projectors exist of course.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on November 03, 2016, 06:02 PM:

Rare, indeed, Paul. This gauge has been banned during WWII by the nazis. A man founded an hidden 17.5 film in the ceiling of his house during works. As he had no projector, he converted a 16 mm one to 17.5 but it took him three years to achieve that. The page telling this story is in French but there are nice pictures : http://vivicinema.blogspot.be/2011/12/le-format-175-mm.html

Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on November 04, 2016, 04:51 AM:

Thanks Dominique. Although my French is not good I read the story using a surprisingly good translation provided by Google Chrome.

Posted by Luigi Castellitto (Member # 3759) on November 08, 2016, 07:28 PM:

Very nice format, even for troubled history.
Too bad it's so rare, the space impressed on film is very large, the definition is fantastic.

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