OMERA - Omera 70 (AA 3-70)

Country :
France
Year :
ca 1970
Type :
AEROCAMERA
Format :
120 vues / views 114 X 114 mm
Serial Number :
3 parties / 3 parts : Nr 67528 - 67529 - 67531
Lens :
Matra Division Optique F44 1/4 (f1:4 - 44 mm)
Lens number :
Nr 01
Shutter :
Obturateur focal à rideau / Focal Plane - 6 vitesses / speeds
Shutter number :
Support :
Film bobine - Rollfilm 126 mm / 15 m

The camera consists of 3 parts: the objective cone, the body mechanism and the magazine.

Below :

- the t:o winding coils of the curtain. These curtains - 5 or 6  - are interchangeable (one per shutter speed).

- The 126 mm wide roll film.

 

This camera was installed on the military drone "L'Epervier" built at the request of NATO by the Belgian firm M.B.L.E. This unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was remote-controlled from the ground. Not equipped with a landing gear, he took off from a launching ramp and landed with his parachute.

The camera's installation flap was under the aircraft. "l'Epervier" (30 copies) was in operation from 1976 to 1999.

Other pictures of the camera