H. Bellieni et Fils was a camera maker in Nancy, France, from the late nineteenth century until the early twentieth century. Several jumelle-type cameras, including stereo models, are known to have been produced from the mid-1890s to 1905; older, wooden-bodied cameras are also seen.
The firm was founded by Henri Bellieni (1857–1938).
Cameras Wooden strut-folding cameras for plates, including 9×12 cm and 13×18 cm, about 1889. These have no shutter; one of the examples was sold with a Thornton-Pickard shutter, fitting in front of the lens.Wooden strut-folding camera for 9×12 cm plates, about 1889, with 136 mm f/8 Krauss-Zeiss Anastigmat, sold at the in Vienna.Wooden strut-folding camera for 13×18 cm plates, about 1889, with 195 m f/7.2 CZJ Anastigmat and Watson finder (also apparently usable as an eye-level finder), sold at the . The camera has front shift. Folding 9×18 cm stereo camera, about 1893.Folding, wooden-bodied stereo camera for 9×18 cm plates, about 1893, with Derogy Extra-Rapide Rectilignes lenses and adjustable guillotine shutter, sold at the November 2002 Westlicht auction . Folding 9×18 cm stereo tailboard camera (a Chambre de voyages or Reisekamera), about 1900.Bellieni stereo tailboard camera for 9×18 cm plates, about 1900, with 11 cm CZJ Anastigmat lenses, sold at the . Jumelle Simple: leather-covered wooden jumelle camera for 9×12 cm plates.9×12 cm Jumelle Simple, about 1896, with 136 mm f/8 CZJ Protar, five-speed shutter, front rise and shift and Newton finder (adjustable for rise and shift); sold in November 2011 by Fullers LLC in Philadelphia. Jumelle Simple à 2 Objectives. Jumelle Universelle. Stereo-Jumelle. Metal-bodied strut-folding camera, about 1905.Metal strut-folding camera for 10×15 cm plates, about 1905, with SOM Berthiot 165 mm f/4.5 Flor lens and dial-set Compur shutter with speeds 1 - 1/150 second plus 'B' and 'T', sold at the December 2009 Westlicht auction. The camera has a large frame finder (as well as ground-glass focusing) and front rise and shift.
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External links Bellieni page at Collection G. Even's site Bellieni cameras on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand