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− | The '''Azur''' | + | The '''Azur''' are folding 6x9 cm cameras for 120 film, sold by the French distributor [[Boumsell]] in around 1948.<ref>Sylvain Halgand's ''Collection d'Appareils'' (cited below) notes similarities between the Azur and the [[Wirgin]] Auta.</ref> Advertisements for the camera describe between three and five models,<ref>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/publicites/images/1339527308.jpg Advertisement for the Azur] from Photo-Revue, 1949, referring to five models, but not describing them in detail, at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/carrousel/html/index.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr].</ref> including:<ref>An advertisement previously shown at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/1940.htm offered these named models - the site has closed.</ref> |
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+ | * '''Azur Standard''', with a Nicor meniscus lens and 4-speed shutter | ||
+ | * '''Azur V''', with a [[Boyer]] Topaz f/4.5 lens and 4-speed shutter | ||
+ | * '''Azur B luxe''', with a [[Boyer]] Topaz f/4.5 ''coated'' lens and 4-speed shutter | ||
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+ | ''La Collection d'Appareils Photo'' shows three models of the Azur, with different lenses and shutters, not corresponding completely with these descriptions (individual model names are not given): | ||
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+ | * Triolor 105 mm f/4.5 and unidentified four-speed shutter (1/25 - 1/150 second, plus 'B' and 'T'<ref>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10456 Azur with Triolor lens and unidentified four-speed shutter] at ''Collection d'Appareils''.</ref> This camera has black-painted struts, whereas the others have plated struts. | ||
+ | * [[Roussel]] Trylor 105 mm f/4.5 and [[Gitzo]] R2 shutter with four speeds (1/25 - 1/150 second, plus 'B' and 'T')<ref>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10454 Azur with Trylor lens and four-speed Gitzo shutter] at ''Collection d'Appareils''; the page also shows an undated [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/publicites/images/1329259255.jpg advertisement] for the camera with this specification.</ref> McKeown ahows a camera of the same specification,<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p149.</ref> and one is shown at Gérard Langlois' website with the Trylor, but in an unidentified shutter as above.<ref>[http://glangl1.free.fr/Photo2/Photo_B_722.html Azur with Trylor lens and unidentified four-speed shutter] at [http://glangl1.free.fr/index.html Gérard Langlois' site].</ref> | ||
+ | * [[Boyer]] Topaz 105 mm f/4.5 and unidentified ''nine''-speed shutter (1 - 1/350 second, plus 'B')<ref>[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10455 Azur with Topaz lens and nine-speed shutter] at ''Collection d'Appareils''.</ref> | ||
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+ | The cameras have a brilliant finder mounted on the lens standard, and a folding frame finder on the body. They have ''Azur'' embossed in the body leatherette. Unusually, the rollfilm holders are mounted ''in the door'' of the film chamber. | ||
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Revision as of 12:35, 27 June 2012
The Azur are folding 6x9 cm cameras for 120 film, sold by the French distributor Boumsell in around 1948.[1] Advertisements for the camera describe between three and five models,[2] including:[3]
- Azur Standard, with a Nicor meniscus lens and 4-speed shutter
- Azur V, with a Boyer Topaz f/4.5 lens and 4-speed shutter
- Azur B luxe, with a Boyer Topaz f/4.5 coated lens and 4-speed shutter
La Collection d'Appareils Photo shows three models of the Azur, with different lenses and shutters, not corresponding completely with these descriptions (individual model names are not given):
- Triolor 105 mm f/4.5 and unidentified four-speed shutter (1/25 - 1/150 second, plus 'B' and 'T'[4] This camera has black-painted struts, whereas the others have plated struts.
- Roussel Trylor 105 mm f/4.5 and Gitzo R2 shutter with four speeds (1/25 - 1/150 second, plus 'B' and 'T')[5] McKeown ahows a camera of the same specification,[6] and one is shown at Gérard Langlois' website with the Trylor, but in an unidentified shutter as above.[7]
- Boyer Topaz 105 mm f/4.5 and unidentified nine-speed shutter (1 - 1/350 second, plus 'B')[8]
The cameras have a brilliant finder mounted on the lens standard, and a folding frame finder on the body. They have Azur embossed in the body leatherette. Unusually, the rollfilm holders are mounted in the door of the film chamber.
Notes
- ↑ Sylvain Halgand's Collection d'Appareils (cited below) notes similarities between the Azur and the Wirgin Auta.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Azur from Photo-Revue, 1949, referring to five models, but not describing them in detail, at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr.
- ↑ An advertisement previously shown at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/photoptic/1940.htm offered these named models - the site has closed.
- ↑ Azur with Triolor lens and unidentified four-speed shutter at Collection d'Appareils.
- ↑ Azur with Trylor lens and four-speed Gitzo shutter at Collection d'Appareils; the page also shows an undated advertisement for the camera with this specification.
- ↑ McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p149.
- ↑ Azur with Trylor lens and unidentified four-speed shutter at Gérard Langlois' site.
- ↑ Azur with Topaz lens and nine-speed shutter at Collection d'Appareils.
Bibliography
- Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.
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