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The '''Altissa Box''' of 1951 is one of [[Eho-Altissa]]'s characteristic line of [[box camera]]s. It was launched one year before the company became the state-owned VEB Altissa Camera Werk. Two flat knobs below the lens are the controls for aperture and shutter mode. The camera has shutter speeds 'B' and 1/25 second, and apertures f/8 and f/16. The '''Altissar Periskop''' f/8 lens is (as the name suggests) a [[periscopic lens]]; a symmetrical pair of meniscus lens elements, with the iris and shutter placed in between. The camera construction is more handsome than many average boxes. The camera has a large telescopic viewfinder.
  
The '''Altissa Box''' of 1951 was a nice new variant of [[Eho-Altissa]]'s characteristic line of [[box camera]]s. It was launched one year before the company became the state-owned VEB Altissa Camera Werk. Two flat knobs below the lens were the controls for aperture and shutter mode. Other than on common box cameras the possible settings were given as values: B and 1/25 sec. for the shutter speed settings, and f8 and f16 as possible aperture settings. The Altissar [[Periskop]] 1:8 lens was an even more uncommon feature since it consisted of a symmetric pair of single lens elements, with lens and shutter placed in-between. That decent kind of sophistication was enough to enable the camera to make better images than any cheap meniscus lens box camera. Last not least the camera construction was more handsome than average boxes, and the big telescopic (or non-telescopic view-through ?) viewfinder was an advantage when compared to common box cameras' smaller finders.
 
  
 
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/eho/html/Eho_Altissa.php Eho Altissa] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
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*[https://www.camarassinfronteras.com/altissa_box/Manual_altissa_box.html Altissa Box user manual] at [http://www.camarassinfronteras.com/inicio.html Cámaras sin fronteras] 
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10816 Eho Altissa] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French)
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*[https://sites.google.com/site/fromthefocalplanetoinfinity/altissabox Altissa Box review] at [https://sites.google.com/site/fromthefocalplanetoinfinity/home From the focal plane to infinity]
  
  
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Latest revision as of 04:53, 16 August 2023

The Altissa Box of 1951 is one of Eho-Altissa's characteristic line of box cameras. It was launched one year before the company became the state-owned VEB Altissa Camera Werk. Two flat knobs below the lens are the controls for aperture and shutter mode. The camera has shutter speeds 'B' and 1/25 second, and apertures f/8 and f/16. The Altissar Periskop f/8 lens is (as the name suggests) a periscopic lens; a symmetrical pair of meniscus lens elements, with the iris and shutter placed in between. The camera construction is more handsome than many average boxes. The camera has a large telescopic viewfinder.


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