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+ | | image_source=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ami_WZFO.png | ||
+ | | image=https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52595944274_b01a0cfacf_n.jpg | ||
+ | | image_align=right | ||
+ | | image_text=type 1 version 5 Ami | ||
+ | |image_by= Ivan Ruggiero | ||
+ | |image_rights= creative commons | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | + | 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 sync]]hronization for [[flashbulbs|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 [[Film speed|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== | |
+ | {{Flickr image | ||
+ | | image_source=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ami_Box.jpg | ||
+ | | image=https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52633305333_51bf35a9e3_m.jpg | ||
+ | | image_align=right | ||
+ | | image_text=Top half of the box. Two other box designs exist. | ||
+ | |image_by= Ivan Ruggiero | ||
+ | |image_rights= creative commons | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | * 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"<ref name=marjed>Mariusz Jedynak (2018). ''Polskie Aparaty Fotograficzne 1953-1985''. Wydawnictwo MS. ISBN 978-83-61915-67-6.</ref> | ||
+ | * Dimensions: 143x82x100 mm | ||
+ | * 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> | ||
− | There | + | ==Versions== |
+ | |||
+ | 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>). | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | The "type 2" versions differ in the addition of the WZFO logo in the flash shoe. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {|class="toccolours" border="1" style="clear:both; background-color:#e0e0e0; margin:2em auto; text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse;" | ||
+ | ! type | ||
+ | ! version | ||
+ | ! front colour | ||
+ | ! top colour | ||
+ | ! shutter button | ||
+ | ! logo | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;" | 1 | ||
+ | | 1 | ||
+ | | rowspan="6" colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000;" | white | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white | ||
+ | | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2 | ||
+ | | B | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 3 | ||
+ | | C | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 4<ref name="version4" /> | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | rosso | ||
+ | | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 5<ref name="version5" /> | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow | ||
+ | | B | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 6 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green | ||
+ | | C | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 7 | ||
+ | | rowspan="4" colspan="2" style="background-color:#e1c699;" | beige | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | red | ||
+ | | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 8 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow | ||
+ | | B | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 9 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" | C | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 10 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#34ff34;" | light green | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 11<ref name="version11" /> | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#3531ff; color:#ffffff;" | blue | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;" | white | ||
+ | | E | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 12 | ||
+ | | rowspan="8" colspan="2" style="background-color:#3531ff; color:#ffffff;" | blue | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 13 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#fe0000; color:#ffffff;" | red | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 14 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#f8ff00;" | yellow | ||
+ | | B | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 15 | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#32cb00;" | green | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" | C | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 16<ref name="version16" /> | ||
+ | | style="background-color:#34ff34;" | light green | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 17 | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" style="background-color:#000000; color:#ffffff;" | black | ||
+ | | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 18 | ||
+ | | B | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 19 | ||
+ | | C | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" | 2 | ||
+ | | 1 | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000;" | white | ||
+ | | A | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2 | ||
+ | | D | ||
+ | |} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | + | * [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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− | * | + | ==Sources== |
+ | * Ami camera instruction manual | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 25 August 2023
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.
Contents
Specifications
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mariusz Jedynak (2018). Polskie Aparaty Fotograficzne 1953-1985. Wydawnictwo MS. ISBN 978-83-61915-67-6.
- ↑ AMI - (WZFO - PZO), fotomuzeum.pl
- ↑ Kalendarz Przyjaciółki 1968
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 type 1 version 4, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 type 1 version 5, Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 type 1 version 16, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 type 1 version 11, Polskie aparaty fotograficzne
Links
- Ami, Ami2 and Ami 66 at Polskie aparaty fotograficzne (in Polish)
Sources
- Ami camera instruction manual