French Folder???

[jon_flanders]

A friend at work who knows of my camera obsession just gave me three folders from his late father's collection. A really old Kodak, a Balda Reflex and the one that really interests me, a Monte-Carlo.

This French made folder is in almost perfect condition, missing only the button on top that moves the shutter linkage. I was able to shoot a roll by tripping the linkage at the front of the camera.

It has a DeMaria-LaPierre 110 f 4.5 Anastigmatic Manar lens.

I can find almost nothing about this camera on the web, except for a picture taken with one at
http://www.bubu.jp/manar110.image/5.htm

I just ran a roll through it. It takes 120 film, but it is in the 6/9 format with 8 shots per roll.

Anyone know anything about this camera? Nothing on EBay.

See attached photo.

 

[jon_flanders]

I just did find a page about Monte-Carlo's. Didn't list this model though.

http://www.collection-appareils.com/demaria/html/monte_carlo.php

 

[P C Headland]

It's probably worth taking a look at these two sites:

M Groleau's and

Sylvain Halgand's Monte Carlo

Either should be able to give you some more information.

Paul

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Hey Jon: if you don't want the Kodak folder, I might be interested in it. You have some pictures of it?

 

[jon_flanders]

I'll get some pictures tomorrow, but I doubt I will get rid of it. It's a Hawkeye folder.

 

[Sylvain Halgand]

First post

First post

Hi, I'm Sylvain Halgand. It's my first post here. My english is very bad. Please ask me if a message is not comprehensive.

About the "Monte-Carlo" :
In the page http://www.collection-appareils.com/demaria/html/monte_carlo.php from my website, the picture is exactly the same as jon_flanders 's one, but I didn't list it ( a mistake). I think this one is the most common of the Monte-Carlo.

Regards

Sylvain Halgand, France
www.collection-appareils.com

 

[Pherdinand]

Hi Sylvain.
Your english is good; your webpage is great, lots of good info on oldies.
You are more than welcome🙂

 

[lynn]

Sylvain, hello, how nice to see you here!
(Sylvain's site is one of my very favourites, and the one I consult first upon encountering an unfamiliar camera: what a collection he has!)
(And., too, Sylvain, I'm still plodding through the translations I offered to contribute. I'll send off the first ten soon..)

 

[Sylvain Halgand]

Thank you for your reception. 😀

 

[pstevenin]

Hi, I'm Sylvain Halgand. It's my first post here. My english is very bad. Please ask me if a message is not comprehensive.

About the "Monte-Carlo" :
In the page http://www.collection-appareils.com/demaria/html/monte_carlo.php from my website, the picture is exactly the same as jon_flanders 's one, but I didn't list it ( a mistake). I think this one is the most common of the Monte-Carlo.

Regards

Sylvain Halgand, France
www.collection-appareils.com

Hi Sylvain, you are not alone, I fight every day with this f*** language (I mean foreign) and I still survive!

 

[jon_flanders]

Hey, I was very excited to come into possession of a good French camera. We don't see many of them in the States.
Plus it is 6/9 which I will be happy to have in medium format.

Bienvenue, Photographes Français!

I hope Google translated that correctly!!!!!

 

[Sylvain Halgand]

Bonjour à tous,

( ;-) pstevenin, peut-être que j'écris à deux pas de là où tu es)
May be, I'm writing in the block of pstevenin.

French camera ? Yes and no. Monte-Carlo is a very specific name for US market. No one was sell on french market. For french market was always "Dehel". So, it's impossible to find a "Monte-Carlo" in France. I bought my several years ago on ebay US.

Do you know if the "import house" of this camera always exist ?

regards

PS : I'm ready to swap US camera against french popular cameras.

 

[pstevenin]

Bonjour à tous,

( ;-) pstevenin, peut-être que j'écris à deux pas de là où tu es)
May be, I'm writing in the block of pstevenin.

French camera ? Yes and no. Monte-Carlo is a very specific name for US market. No one was sell on french market. For french market was always "Dehel". So, it's impossible to find a "Monte-Carlo" in France. I bought my several years ago on ebay US.

Do you know if the "import house" of this camera always exist ?

regards

PS : I'm ready to swap US camera against french popular cameras.

Peut-être... Rue du Simplon 75018 PARIS.

By the way, thks to RFF , Allen and I planned to meet together here in Paris next week.

It sound's to be a trade here at RFF to initiate local meeting. We're at least 2 from Paris, from know on.

What's about you?

PS: it seriously off the subject of the initial thread. If you're interested, I may open a brand new franchouillard one!

 

[jon_flanders]

A little more news about my DelHel Monte-Carlo.

I discovered that the bellows had some light leaks at thecorners. I am trying a repair with Liquid Electrical Tape.

The shutter seems to be firing at one speed only. Or perhaps I can't tell the difference between 1/25 and 1/125.

The first roll had only a couple that came out. Evidently I didn't trip the shutter properly. I need to improvise a shutter button with a small screw.

C'est un travail en marche.

 

[lynn]

or:
un travail passionné..

 

[jon_flanders]

or:
un travail passionné..

I like that. You have to be a little nuts to try to bring these old beauties back to life, don't you?

 

[Sylvain Halgand]

Hi everybody,

Philippe, I'm working at "Porte Maillot".

Jon "Bon courage". I'm living in north of France (150 kilometers from my job), just near "Flandres = flanders" !

 

[pstevenin]

And I am working in the 17th district too! Batignolles...not that far from porte Maillot.

 

[jon_flanders]

Hi everybody,

Philippe, I'm working at "Porte Maillot".

Jon "Bon courage". I'm living in north of France (150 kilometers from my job), just near "Flandres = flanders" !

Indeed. I passed through Flanders back in 1977 during my European trip. I should visit the land from which my remote ancestors on my father's side came. Supposedly all Flanders living in the US originate with a Stephen Flanders who arrived here in about 1640.