Cameras from Belgium and Holland (published by the Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp) provides the following information: the camera was designed by André Van Remoortel and manufactured by his company La Cinéscopie. Two version were made, the first having the film advanced by a tab on the back of the camera, the second having, additionally, a film-advance knob on the top of the camera. Control of the company was relinquished by 1929, the company then introduced the Cinescopic. It is further stated that the layout of the Amourette camera by O.T.A.G. was copied from Van Remoortel's designs following a visit to Brussels. The lens was supplied by Optique et Instruments de Précision of Ghent.

Both models of the Photoscopic are rare.