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===History===
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The '''Ami''' is a toy viewfinder camera made of plastic by the Polish firm [[Warszawskie Zakłady Fotooptyczne]] (WZFO).
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The '''Ami''', '''Ami 2''' and '''Ami 66''' are toy viewfinder cameras made of plastic by the Polish firm [[Warszawskie Zakłady Fotooptyczne]] (WZFO).
 
  
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Made around 1960, the '''Ami''' takes 6×6 cm exposures on [[120 film]]. It has a 75/8 simple, [[fixed-focus]] [[meniscus lens]], and only one shutter speed of 1/50 sec (with [[flash sync]]hronization for [[flashbulbs|flash bulbs]] only). Aperture is f/16 for sunny and f/8 for cloudy. According to Michał R. Adamczyk, "[its body] was made of 'styropol' - Polish high impact polystyrene, which bettered aesthetics and reduced weight" compared with the [[Druh]].
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Made around 1960, the Ami takes 6×6 cm exposures on [[120 film]]. It has a 75/8 simple, [[fixed-focus]] [[meniscus lens]], and only one shutter speed of 1/50 sec (with [[flash sync]]hronization for [[flashbulbs|flash bulbs]] only). Aperture is f/16 for sunny and f/8 for cloudy.
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The camera was intended for use with 40-50 [[ASA]] (17-18 DIN) films on clear days, with aperture 16 in the sunlight and 8 in the shadow or under light clouds. On cloudy days, 100-200 ASA (21-24 [[Film speed|DIN]]) films and aperture 8 were recomended.
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The camera was intended for use with 40-50 [[ASA]] (17-18 DIN) films on clear days, with aperture 16 in the sunlight and 8 in the shadow or under light clouds. On cloudy days, 100-200 ASA (21-24 [[Film speed|DIN]]) films and aperture 8 were recommended.
  
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The '''Ami 2''' is a revised version of the Ami; it offers adjustable shutter speed of 1/30, 1/60 and 1/125 sec plus B. The lens is now built of two glass elements and can be focused in two settings: for 2,5-4 meters and 4 meters to infinity. The camera has a built-in double exposure safety, and a standard cable release socket. Contrary to the Ami and Ami 66 it can be used with electronic flashes at all shutter speeds, while with flash bulbs at 1/30 sec only.
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As part of the [[Ami series]], was followed by the [[Ami 2]] in the same year and by the [[Ami 66]] in 1969.
  
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The '''Ami 66''' looks more dramatic, the front of its lens assembly containing a fat circle of fake photocells, as if in tribute to the Lord Martian. Again according to Adamczyk, its shutter is simpler (and worse) than that of the original Ami. The shutter speeds are 1/50 sec and B, while flash synchronization is for flash bulbs only. The lens is a single element, fixed focus one again; the camera is generally a modernized and simplified original Ami, offering the same performance (just the shutter setting B was added). The Ami 66 was apparently being built from early 1970s to around 1980.
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==Specifications==
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The example examined<ref>By Camerapedia editor Hoary.</ref> was, surprisingly, accompanied by an all-leather case: a slightly tight fit, but thanks to its convex back very obviously made for a camera without a film ''plane'' and almost certainly designed for this camera: the inside of the snout of the case was marked either "1972" or "10/72" and the inside of the strap "15 Czerw 1973" (15 June 1973); all combining to suggest camera manufacture in the early 1970s.
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There is no word ''ami'' in Polish. French was a widely studied foreign language in Poland during the Communist period, and the name of this camera was probably intended to evoke the French word ''ami'' ("friend").
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'''Ami'''
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* Frame size: 56x56 mm (120 film type)
 
* Frame size: 56x56 mm (120 film type)
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* Film adwance: manual, with red window
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* Film advance: manual, with red window
 
* Lens: fixed, meniscus, 75 mm 1:8
 
* Lens: fixed, meniscus, 75 mm 1:8
 
* Focusing: fix focus, from 2 m to infinity
 
* Focusing: fix focus, from 2 m to infinity
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* Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
 
* Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
 
* Shutter: two leaf everset shutter, one 1/50 s shutter speed
 
* Shutter: two leaf everset shutter, one 1/50 s shutter speed
 
* Cold shoe and standard PC socket
 
* Cold shoe and standard PC socket
 
* Flash sync: flashbulbs only
 
* Flash sync: flashbulbs only
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* Tripod thread: 3/8"
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* Tripod thread: 1/4"<ref name=marjed>Mariusz Jedynak (2018). ''Polskie Aparaty Fotograficzne 1953-1985''. Wydawnictwo MS. ISBN 978-83-61915-67-6.</ref>
 
* Dimensions: 143x82x100 mm
 
* Dimensions: 143x82x100 mm
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* Price: 269 złoty in 1968.<ref>[http://www.fotomuzeum.pl/aparaty/aparaty-powojenne/34-ami-wzfo-pzo-warszawa.html AMI - (WZFO - PZO), fotomuzeum.pl]</ref><ref>Kalendarz Przyjaciółki 1968</ref>
  
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==Versions==
  
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'''Ami 2'''
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There are 21 different documented versions of the Ami<ref name=marjed />. They were available in 3 colours (white, beige and blue), with 6 different shutter button colours and 5 different logos (A<ref name="version4">[http://www.polskie-aparaty-fotograficzne.pl/7_ami/amiczerwony.jpg type 1 version 4, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne]</ref>,B<ref name="version5">[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ami_WZFO.png type 1 version 5, Wikimedia Commons]</ref>,C<ref name="version16">[http://www.polskie-aparaty-fotograficzne.pl/7_ami/amizielony.jpg type 1 version 16, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne]</ref>,D,E<ref name="version11">[http://www.polskie-aparaty-fotograficzne.pl/7_ami/amiszarypudelko.jpg type 1 version 11, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne]</ref>).
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* Frame size: 56x56 mm (120 film type)
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* Film adwance: manual, with red window
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The "type 2" versions differ in the addition of the WZFO logo in the flash shoe.
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* Lens: fixed, achromatic (two elements in one group), 75 mm 1:8
 
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* Focusing: two zone focusing from 2.5 m to infinity
 
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* Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
 
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* Shutter: two leaf everset shutter, 1/30 s, 1/60 s, 1/125 s and B shutter speeds
 
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* Cable release socket
 
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* Double exposure safety
 
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* Cold shoe and standard PC socket
 
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* Flash sync: flashbulbs - 1/30 s, electronic flash - full
 
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* Tripod thread: 3/8"
 
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* Dimensions: 143x83x101 mm
 
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'''Ami 66'''
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* Frame size: 56x56 mm (120 film type)
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* Film adwance: manual, with red window
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| rowspan="6" colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000;" | white
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* Lens: fixed, meniscus, 75 mm 1:8
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white
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* Focusing: fix focus, from 2 m to infinity
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* Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
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* Shutter: guillotine everset shutter, 1/50 s and B shutter speeds
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* Cold shoe and standard PC socket
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* Flash sync: flashbulbs only
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* Tripod thread: 3/8"
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| style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | rosso
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| 5<ref name="version5" />
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| style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow
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| B
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| style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green
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| C
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| rowspan="4" colspan="2" style="background-color:#e1c699;" | beige
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| style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | red
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| 8
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| style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow
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| B
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| 9
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| style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green
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| rowspan="2" | C
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| 10
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| style="background-color:#34ff34;" | light green
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| 11<ref name="version11" />
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| style="background-color:#3531ff; color:#ffffff;" | blue
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| style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white
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| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white
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| rowspan="8" colspan="2" style="background-color:#3531ff; color:#ffffff;" | blue
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| rowspan="2" | A
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| style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | red
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| 14
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| style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow
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| B
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| style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green
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| style="background-color:#34ff34;" | light green
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| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | black
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| C
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| rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000;" | white
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
<references />
 
<references />
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* [http://www.polskie-aparaty-fotograficzne.pl/amifolder.htm#amizolty.jpg Ami, Ami2 and Ami 66] at [http://www.polskie-aparaty-fotograficzne.pl/index.htm Polskie aparaty fotograficzne] (in Polish)
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In English:
 
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* [http://mradamczyk.one.pl/polskie/ami-ang.htm Ami, Ami 66 and Ami 2] at Michał R. Adamczyk's [http://mradamczyk.one.pl/polskieaparaty.htm Polskie aparaty fotograficzne]
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ami_66 Ami 66] at Wikipedia
 
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
 
* Ami camera instruction manual
 
* Ami camera instruction manual
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* Ami 2 camera instruction manual (actually an addition to the Ami manual)
 
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* Ami 66 camera instruction manual
 
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* Ami, Ami 2 and Ami 66 cameras.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 25 August 2023

52595944274_b01a0cfacf_n.jpg
type 1 version 5 Ami
image by Ivan Ruggiero (Image rights)

The Ami is a toy viewfinder camera made of plastic by the Polish firm Warszawskie Zakłady Fotooptyczne (WZFO).

Made around 1960, the Ami takes 6×6 cm exposures on 120 film. It has a 75/8 simple, fixed-focus meniscus lens, and only one shutter speed of 1/50 sec (with flash synchronization for flash bulbs only). Aperture is f/16 for sunny and f/8 for cloudy. The camera was intended for use with 40-50 ASA (17-18 DIN) films on clear days, with aperture 16 in the sunlight and 8 in the shadow or under light clouds. On cloudy days, 100-200 ASA (21-24 DIN) films and aperture 8 were recommended.

As part of the Ami series, was followed by the Ami 2 in the same year and by the Ami 66 in 1969.

Specifications

52633305333_51bf35a9e3_m.jpg
Top half of the box. Two other box designs exist.
image by Ivan Ruggiero (Image rights)
  • Frame size: 56x56 mm (120 film type)
  • Film advance: manual, with red window
  • Lens: fixed, meniscus, 75 mm 1:8
  • Focusing: fix focus, from 2 m to infinity
  • Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
  • Shutter: two leaf everset shutter, one 1/50 s shutter speed
  • Cold shoe and standard PC socket
  • Flash sync: flashbulbs only
  • Tripod thread: 1/4"[1]
  • Dimensions: 143x82x100 mm
  • Price: 269 złoty in 1968.[2][3]

Versions

There are 21 different documented versions of the Ami[1]. They were available in 3 colours (white, beige and blue), with 6 different shutter button colours and 5 different logos (A[4],B[5],C[6],D,E[7]).
The "type 2" versions differ in the addition of the WZFO logo in the flash shoe.

type version front colour top colour shutter button logo
1 1 white white A
2 B
3 C
4[4] rosso A
5[5] yellow B
6 green C
7 beige red A
8 yellow B
9 green C
10 light green
11[7] blue white white E
12 blue A
13 red
14 yellow B
15 green C
16[6] light green
17 black A
18 B
19 C
2 1 white A
2 D

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mariusz Jedynak (2018). Polskie Aparaty Fotograficzne 1953-1985. Wydawnictwo MS. ISBN 978-83-61915-67-6.
  2. ↑ AMI - (WZFO - PZO), fotomuzeum.pl
  3. ↑ Kalendarz Przyjaciółki 1968
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 type 1 version 4, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 type 1 version 5, Wikimedia Commons
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 type 1 version 16, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 type 1 version 11, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne

Links

Sources

  • Ami camera instruction manual
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