Adox Polo

ADOX Polo 1 image by René Maly (Image rights)

Polo 1S with f/2.8 Schneider Radionar image by Tove Sjursen (Image rights)

Polo (many examples are missing the twin-circle "Adox" logo plate) image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The Polo series from Adox in Germany is a series of 35mm viewfinder cameras begun in 1959. These share a neat, attractive body style (somewhat spoiled by the selenium meter in their more expensive siblings the Polomat and Polomatic).

Models

• The Polo from 1960 has an Adoxar 45mm f/3.5 lens, and a three-speed shutter.
• The Polo 1 has a 45mm f/3.5 Adoxar or Isconar 45mm f/2.8 lens, in a Vario or Prontor 125 shutter.
• The Polo 1S has a synchronised Pronto shutter, with speeds 1/30-1/250s and a 45mm f/2.8 Adoxar or Schneider-Kreuznach Radionar L lens. This camera was re-badged and sold by Gnome.
• The Polo 1B from 1964 updated the series with a selenium meter (previously only in the Polomat series), but with no viewfinder indicator.

Links

• Adox Polo 1 and 1S user manuals at Butkus.org
• Adox Polo 1S on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
• Adox Polo review at Using Old Cameras

Polo 1B with selenium meter image by Martin J Murphy (Image rights)

Adoxar 45/3.5 lens (missing depth of field scale) image by remediate.this (Image rights)