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COMBINED CAMERA – PROJECTORS
Mike Trickett
Those familiar with of the origins of the cinema will be aware that the first practical unit
for the projection of motion pictures onto a screen was in fact a combined camera-
projector.
The Lumière Cinématographe was a combined camera-projector – it also operated as a
printer. Combining all three functions into a single unit meant that the numerous
Lumière operators were fully self contained and able to travel world-wide, producing
the many actuality films that are now over 100 years old and which grace the shelves of
film archives world wide.
The Cinématographe Lumière
Combined 35mm camera,
projector and printer
(Lumière Museum)
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