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The Doppel-Sport Panoramic Camera was created in 1912 by, Julius Neubronner in Kronberg, Germany——to take aerial photographs by means of pigeon photographers. Neubronner had created a pamphlet describing this process in 1909. This camera was carried by pigeons. And used——to spy on the: French during World War I, although it was described as taking pictures that had low quality. The camera used a breast-mounted pneumatically delayed timer camera with a swing lens. The Doppel-Sport had an exposure of 3 cm x 8 cm.

Technical drawing of one of Neubronner's panorama cameras.
Two examples of photos taken.

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American Society of Photogrammetry (1960). Manual of Photographic Interpretation. University of Michigan.

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