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* [http://www.retrography.com/beier.htm Beirette page at Retrography.com] by Simon Simonsen | * [http://www.retrography.com/beier.htm Beirette page at Retrography.com] by Simon Simonsen | ||
* [http://www.chromeagecamera.com/Beirette.htm Beirette ] at [http://www.chromeagecamera.com/ Chrome Age Cameras]] | * [http://www.chromeagecamera.com/Beirette.htm Beirette ] at [http://www.chromeagecamera.com/ Chrome Age Cameras]] | ||
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* 1970 version Beirette camera in [http://fotografika.andrysstienstra.nl/kamera.php?ID=70&t=e Andrys Stienstra's camera collection] | * 1970 version Beirette camera in [http://fotografika.andrysstienstra.nl/kamera.php?ID=70&t=e Andrys Stienstra's camera collection] | ||
* Pictures taken with a Beirette [http://www.making-the-noise.blogspot.com/] | * Pictures taken with a Beirette [http://www.making-the-noise.blogspot.com/] | ||
| − | In French / English | + | In French / English: |
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_electro.php Beirette Electro] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_electro.php Beirette Electro] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_k100.php Beirette k100] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_k100.php Beirette k100] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_vsn.php Beirette vsn] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_vsn.php Beirette vsn] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_vsn_noire Beirette vsn black] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/beier/html/beirette_vsn_noire Beirette vsn black] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] | ||
| + | In German: | ||
| + | * [http://www.beier-kamera.de/html/kleinbildkameras_24_x_36.html All Beirette variations] with dates, collected by Thoman Knorre. | ||
[[Category:B]] | [[Category:B]] | ||
[[Category:German 35mm viewfinder]] | [[Category:German 35mm viewfinder]] | ||
Revision as of 22:01, 7 March 2010
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| version of 1959 with Trioplan f3.5 lens & Junior II shutter by Alf Sigaro |
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| Beirette SL 100 by Chemnitzer |
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| Beirette SL 100N by Mar_nyc |
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| 1960s Beirette, with Modell II shutter and f2.9 Meritar lens without hot shoe by Jaqian |
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| c.1970 (?) model, with Priomat shutter and f2.9 Meritar lens Now with hot shoe and plastic lens barrel & rewind spindle by AWcam |
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| A 1970 Beirette vs, very similar model with metal cased Meritar 45 mm f/2.9 lens. Depth of field scale is replaced by a transparent plastic ring and the shutter is not named. by Chemnitzer |
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| 1970s (?) Beirette with Priomat shutter & f2.8 Meritar lens by AWcam |
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| Beirette VSN (1987-1988 ca.) with Priomat shutter & f2.8 Meritar lens by Marino M. |
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| Beroquick KB135 with Priomat shutter & Meritar lens by squonk11 |
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| Bierette Electronic, c.1980 by Alf Sigaro |
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| Beirette 35, 1987 - 1989 by Alf Sigaro |
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. Although the name stayed the same, various tweaks in the design were made. Flash sync, for example, moved from a pin of the lens barrel to a standard hot shoe some time in the mid-1970s.
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, 1972
- Beirette SL 100N , 1987
- 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
- Pictures taken with a Beirette [1]
In French / English:
- Beirette Electro at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Beirette k100 at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Beirette vsn at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Beirette vsn black at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
In German:
- All Beirette variations with dates, collected by Thoman Knorre.
