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| − | The '''Audax''' is a metal-bodied folding camera made in Italy in the | + | The '''Audax''' is a metal-bodied folding camera made in Italy in the late 1930s-40s by P&B of Turin<ref name=AD>[http://www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/pb/audax/ Audax] at [http://www.artdecocameras.com/ Art Deco Cameras]</ref>. It takes 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on [[120 film]]. A vintage advertisement suggests some were exported to Australia.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/119218708 Advertisement in 24 November 1950 edition of The Southern Mail, Bowral (New South Wales), Page 9, for the Larelle Studio, with a list of cameras and their prices] at Trove</ref> Danilo Cecchi wrote ''the construction of cheap cameras proves to be an excellent business in a country characterized by autarchy'', giving P&B of Turin as an example.<ref>[https://www.nadir.it/ob-fot/CECCHI_IFI_2/italiane_02.htm L'Industria Fotografica Italiana. 2] Cecchi, Danilo (2001), hosted at [https://www.nadir.it/index.htm Nadir Magazine]</ref> He refers to P&B's 'high-sounding' model names Audax, Impero and Frecchia (roughly, Daring, Empire and Arrow). |
The camera has an Anastar lens with front-element focusing down to 1.5 metre, and a shutter with three instantaneous speeds, 1/25 - 1/100, plus 'B' and 'T'. This has a release plunger on the camera body, and an attachment for a cable release on the shutter. There are ⅜-inch tripod bushes on the camera body (for horizontal pictures) and on the front (for vertical). There is also a folding 'foot' on the front door, which unusually folds ''sideways''. There is a folding frame finder on the body. | The camera has an Anastar lens with front-element focusing down to 1.5 metre, and a shutter with three instantaneous speeds, 1/25 - 1/100, plus 'B' and 'T'. This has a release plunger on the camera body, and an attachment for a cable release on the shutter. There are ⅜-inch tripod bushes on the camera body (for horizontal pictures) and on the front (for vertical). There is also a folding 'foot' on the front door, which unusually folds ''sideways''. There is a folding frame finder on the body. | ||
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The Audax is a metal-bodied folding camera made in Italy in the late 1930s-40s by P&B of Turin[1]. It takes 2¼x3¼-inch exposures on 120 film. A vintage advertisement suggests some were exported to Australia.[2] Danilo Cecchi wrote the construction of cheap cameras proves to be an excellent business in a country characterized by autarchy, giving P&B of Turin as an example.[3] He refers to P&B's 'high-sounding' model names Audax, Impero and Frecchia (roughly, Daring, Empire and Arrow).
The camera has an Anastar lens with front-element focusing down to 1.5 metre, and a shutter with three instantaneous speeds, 1/25 - 1/100, plus 'B' and 'T'. This has a release plunger on the camera body, and an attachment for a cable release on the shutter. There are ⅜-inch tripod bushes on the camera body (for horizontal pictures) and on the front (for vertical). There is also a folding 'foot' on the front door, which unusually folds sideways. There is a folding frame finder on the body.
