Throughout Jules Richard's life, his house produced only stereoscopic devices. His successor, Roger Henrard, an aviation enthusiast, will develop the Planiphote and Altiphoto series for the army and professionals. --------------- The first image is a stock image, the rest of the images is the actual camera __________ For a handheld device, it is rather monstrous, probably exceeding eight kilos once charged... It uses the "Standard Aviation No. 1" coils of 15 m. long, 178 mm wide and gives 100 photos of 13 x 17 cm. (The empty coils were provided by Posso). Developed for reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, some have had a long civilian career for postcard publishing. It is perfectly adapted to its function. It is held firmly in the hand by its two handles. The one on the right, by its rotation allows the advance of the film and the arming of the shutter. (The film press emerges as the film scrolls.) The trigger is done with the thumb on the big trigger. All these operations are done very quickly without having to let go of the device. The lens (here an "Anastigmat Kinoptik Focal 200 mm F: 4.5 Type 15 N° 14 005 6.1953") allows focusing up to 2 m. with a lock on infinity, the only distance actually used in aerial photography. The shutter is of the shutter type, designed by E. Labrely, a series of slats allow the light beam to pass during their rotation, which avoids deformations. The three available speeds are 100, 120 and 160th of a second. The folding viewfinder consists of a large divergent lens with a thick wire reticle, and an alignment handlebar. To learn a little more, you must read Roger Henrard's autobiography "Un enragé du ciel", knowing that he was the successor of Jules Richard at the head of the company of the same name.