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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/aka/html/akarette.php Akarette II] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/aka/html/akarette.php Akarette II] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
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* [http://www.retrography.com/aka.htm Akarette at Retrography.com] by Simon Simonsen | * [http://www.retrography.com/aka.htm Akarette at Retrography.com] by Simon Simonsen | ||
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[[Category: German 35mm viewfinder]] | [[Category: German 35mm viewfinder]] |
Revision as of 16:23, 20 October 2011
AkArette II image by Alf Sigaro |
The AkArette is a 35mm viewfinder camera with interchangeable lenses, made by Apparate & Kamerabau in Germany. The viewfinder was switchable betwee 50 and 75mm focal lengths.
- The Akarette made 24x32mm images and was made in 1947.
- The Akarette 0 was produced in 1949.
- The Akarette I, 1948-1950, takes standard 24x36mm frames.
- The Akarette II dates from 1950; possibly until 1954.[1]
- Prontor-S leaf shutter B, 1-1/300s. Interesting detail: the shutter is part of the camera, set just behind the bayonet mount. Most leaf shutters are part of the objective, set between the lenses.
Lenses
Available lenses include: Schneider Kreuznach Xenagon 35/3,5,a Xenar 45/2,8, a Xenar 45/3,5, Xenar 50/3,5, An ISCO Göttingen color Isconar 50/2,8 and a Tele-Xenar 75/3,8. Lenses can be used on both the AKArette and on the AKArette II. There's a switchable viewfinder for 50mm and 75mm lenses on the AKArette II, operated by a lever or a knob (depending on the version). Using one viewfinder automatically obscures the other one. Note: there's no viewfinder for the 35mm lens.
- ↑ Dates from McKeown, but the McKeowns give only 1950 for II; Alf Sigaro gives 1950-54.
Links
--Heritagefutures 09:23, 20 October 2011 (PDT)