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+ | |image_text= 1960s Beirette, with<br>Modell II shutter and f2.9 Meritar lens | ||
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+ | |image_text= c.1980 Beirette<br>with Priomat shutter & f2.8 Meritar lens | ||
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+ | '''Beirette''' was a name applied to a long sequence of compact [[35mm]] [[viewfinder camera]] models, made from 1958 to the 1980s in East Germany by [[Beier]]. There were also some folding Beirettes, made from 1939, but production apparently disappeared during WWII. | ||
+ | Several versions of this camera were sold by [[Boots]], for example the [[Boots Beirette BL]]. | ||
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* Beirette, 1958 | * Beirette, 1958 | ||
* Beirette, 1963 | * Beirette, 1963 | ||
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* Type: viewfinder camera | * Type: viewfinder camera |
Revision as of 13:15, 26 July 2008
version of 1959 with Trioplan f3.5 lens |
Beirette SL 100N |
1960s Beirette, with Modell II shutter and f2.9 Meritar lens |
c.1970 (?) model, with Priomat shutter and f2.9 Meritar lens Now with hot shoe and plastic lens barrel & rewind spindle |
c.1980 Beirette with Priomat shutter & f2.8 Meritar lens |
Beirette was a name applied to a long sequence of compact 35mm viewfinder camera models, made from 1958 to the 1980s in East Germany by Beier. There were also some folding Beirettes, made from 1939, but production apparently disappeared during WWII.
Several versions of this camera were sold by Boots, for example the Boots Beirette BL.
Model List
- Beirette, 1958
- Beirette, 1963
- Beirette, 1965
- Beirette 35, 1988
- Beirette Electronic, 1982 (aka Beroquick Electronic)
- Beirette K, 1965
- Beirette K100, 1982
- Beirette KF, 1967
- Beirette SL (brick-shaped cameras for SL film cartridges)
- Beirette SL 100, c.1973
- Beirette SL 100N
- Beirette SL 200, c1970
- Beirette SL 300, c1970
- Beirette SL 400, c1978
- Beirette VSN, c.1970
- Beroquick SL 125, c.1970
- Beroquick KB 135, c.1976
- Boots Beirette BL
specifications
- Type: viewfinder camera
- Manufacturer: Kamerafabrik Woldemar Beier KG - Freital, partially private East German company
- Year of launch: 1958
- Film: 35mm
- Lens: Meyer Trioplan 1:3.5/45mm or Ludwig Meritar 1:2.8/45mm
- Shutter: Junior-II, Modell II or Priomat with speeds 30, 60, 125, and B
- Viewfinder: optical, early versions were ocular shiftable for parallax correction
Links
In English
- Beirette page at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen
- Beirette at Chrome Age Cameras]
- Beirette in the Living Image
- 1970 version Beirette camera in Andrys Stienstra's camera collection
In French / English