Dacora Dignette
version of 1956 image by Alf Sigaro (Image rights) |
Dacora Dignette was the name given to a series of viewfinder cameras from Dacora-Kamerawerk in Reutlingen, Germany. These were part of a broader range of 35mm cameras, including the higher-spec 'super dignette' and 'super dignette electric' offering rangefinders and light meters, which the basic Dignette lacked.
The Dignette F was a version with built-in flash reflector. Dignette cameras were also marketed as Ilford Sportsman.
1962-type Dacora Dignette with simulated rangefinder window image by Romuald Swieconek (Image rights) |
rebadged as Ilford Sportsman image by AWCam (Image rights) |
Later Dignette models
In the later 1960s, the rangefinder models branded Super Dignette changed to a boxier body style, and this also happened with the viewfinder Dignette models.
Dignette 300 image by Bracket ツ (Image rights) |
links
- dignette at Kurt Tauber's [1]
- dignette F at Maurice Fisher's [2]
- Dacora Dignette in Andrys Stienstra's camera collection
- Ilford Sportsman at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Dignette and Dignette at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr