Beirette

version of 1959

Compact 35mm viewfinder camera model, made from 1958 to the 1970s by Beier. A version of this camera was sold by Boots as the 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 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