Arca Swiss Reflex

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Arca Swiss Reflex cameras are medium- and large-format SLR cameras, made by Arca Swiss from at least the 1950s until some time in the '70s. They exist in two sizes, for 2¼x3¼-inch (6x9cm) and for 4x5-inch film. The camera has a metal box-shaped body containing a focal-plane shutter, the mirror and the reflex focusing screen, and the front standard on the front of a bellows.

The rear body and the front standard are mounted separately on a substantial monorail, so the camera is a hybrid between a box-form SLR and a monorail camera. In this it resembles the Plaubel Pecoflex, except that the mounting of the rear body allows some movements (apparently tilt, swing and rise), whereas the Pecoflex has movements only on the front standard.

Examples

• 4x5-inch Reflex, 1950s, with 21cm f/4.5 Congo lens and many accessories: three different bellows, a sliding back, roll-film back, magnifying finder hood and compendium hood. Body in pale-green hammer-finish paint, and with red bellows. Sold at LP Foto Auktioner in April 2018.