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The Alpa trademark was purchased by new owners Capaul & Weber in 1996. Later that year, the Alpa name was revived for a prototype of a new, premium-level medium format camera, the Alpa 12. Production models of the [[Alpa 12 WA|12WA]], and 12/SWA (with built-in perspective control) followed in 1998. All of these cameras had a modular design that accepts a variety of superb wide-angle lenses from [[Rodenstock]], [[Carl Zeiss]], and [[Schneider]]. In 2007 the new enterprise became the '''ALPA Capaul & Weber AG'''. | The Alpa trademark was purchased by new owners Capaul & Weber in 1996. Later that year, the Alpa name was revived for a prototype of a new, premium-level medium format camera, the Alpa 12. Production models of the [[Alpa 12 WA|12WA]], and 12/SWA (with built-in perspective control) followed in 1998. All of these cameras had a modular design that accepts a variety of superb wide-angle lenses from [[Rodenstock]], [[Carl Zeiss]], and [[Schneider]]. In 2007 the new enterprise became the '''ALPA Capaul & Weber AG'''. | ||
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| 1960s Alpa 9d body image by eBayer kucuklu (Image rights) |
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| Alpa Reflex II, 1945-52 image by Missy Bergen (Image rights) |
Alpa is the brand name of successive generations of high-quality 35mm SLR cameras made by the Swiss manufacturer Pignons S.A. It was of an unusually solid construction, and featured a cast metal body with figured surfaces. Controls were very simple, consisting of only a film-advance lever, and a shutter-speed indicator. Lenses were labeled "Kern-Switar." The standard lens for the Alpa 10d was a macro 50mm lens, unusual for its time.
The original design was called the Bolca Reflex and had been made by Jacques Bogopolsky, who had already designed the Bolex movie camera (see Bolsey). The rights were bought by Pignons in 1942, who named the camera the Alpa Reflex.
Alpas were very expensive hand-made cameras, made of carefully selected materials, with many variants that could be produced on special order. The company ceased camera production in 1990 and liquidation was initiated.
Cameras
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| Alpa 12 TC image by Carlos Echenique (Image rights) |
* Pignons era
- Alpa-Reflex
- Alpa Reflex Mod. 6b
- Alpa Reflex 9d
- Alpa Reflex 10d
- Alpa Reflex 11z
- Capaul & Weber era
- Alpa 12 TC
- Alpa 12 WA
- Alpa 12 SWA
- Alpa 12 MAX
- Alpa 12 Metric
- Alpa 12 XY
The Alpa trademark was purchased by new owners Capaul & Weber in 1996. Later that year, the Alpa name was revived for a prototype of a new, premium-level medium format camera, the Alpa 12. Production models of the 12WA, and 12/SWA (with built-in perspective control) followed in 1998. All of these cameras had a modular design that accepts a variety of superb wide-angle lenses from Rodenstock, Carl Zeiss, and Schneider. In 2007 the new enterprise became the ALPA Capaul & Weber AG.
Links
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| black-finish Alpa 9d image by tgrill1 (Image rights) |
- company homepage
- Alpa Reflex Cameras from Switzerland at alpareflex.com
- Alpa Reflex Series D at Collection Even
- Alpa Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
- Alpa English instruction manuals at Orphancameras.com
- Alpa 6B at Au fil des Images (in French)
- Alpa Cameras Price Guide, Photos, Descriptions at collectiblend.com
