Ami series
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The Ami series was a series of three toy viewfinder camera models by WZFO and PZO.
There were rumors that the name "Ami" came from the name of it's creator, the engineer Adam Mikołajczyk[1]. Other rumors say that the name was chosen after an internal contest in WZFO, where the winning name was "Przyjaciel" ("friend" in polish), proposed by Janina Michalska. But was considered too long and changed to the french translation[2] (french was a widely studied foreign language in Poland during the Communist period).
The logo of the Ami series was a dog, available in 8 variations. In the first years they were made in enamelled metal by the Mint of Poland, but then they were made in plastic. [3].
Every camera of the series came with a leather camera case[4].
There was a Flash called Amilux designed for the Ami series, Powered by 22.5v battery it used type "lb-2" Bulbs.
Specifications
- Film: 120 film, 6x6cm.
- Material: styropol[5].
- Lens:
- Ami and Ami 66: fixed, meniscus, 75 mm 1:8
- Ami 2: fixed, achromatic (two elements in one group), 75 mm 1:8
- Shutter:
- Ami: 1/50
- Ami 2: 1/30, 1/60, 1/125 + B
- Ami 66: guillotine everset shutter, 1/50 s and B shutter speeds
- Aperture: 1:8, 1:16
- Focusing:
- Ami and Ami 66: fixed focus.
- Ami 2: two zone focus, from 2.5m to 4m and from 4m to infinity.
- Tripod thread: 1/4"[3].
Models
Notes
- ↑ AMI - (WZFO - PZO), fotomuzeum.pl
- ↑ 🎞 WZFO Ami - historia i recenzja aparatu - Fotografia Analogowa, Youtube - @namesurename-fotografiaana3168 comment (in Polish)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mariusz Jedynak (2018). Polskie Aparaty Fotograficzne 1953-1985. Wydawnictwo MS. ISBN 978-83-61915-67-6.
- ↑ Ami i Ami 66 1.jpg, Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 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.
