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+ | '''Bencini''' was an Italian camera manufacturer between 1937 and the late 1980s. | ||
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+ | The company was founded with the name '''ICAF''' in 1937, in Milano, Italy by Antonio Bencini. ICAF manufactured the Roby 120 6x9 camera, the Gabry 127 4x6 camera, and the Delta 120 6x9 folding camera. Shortly before WWII, the company name was changed to '''CMF'''. During this period, the company introduced the Etna and Argo cameras but soon ceased producing cameras in order to manufacture airplane components for the war.<ref name="consonni">[http://www.mistermondo.com/styled-43/ Donato Consonni: Bencini History]</ref> In 1946 the name became '''C.M.F. Bencini''' Later, in the early 1950s, the name was changed again to '''Bencini S.p.a.'''.<ref>[http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Bencini/ Collectiblend: Bencini history]</ref> The company continued designing and manufacturing cameras until the late 1984 when business problems led to an announcement that distribution of the company's product line would be taken over by Cafer Ltd. Cafer released a few more Bencini-branded products until shortly before Antonio Bencini's death, and then retired the Bencini and Comet brand names.<ref name="consonni" /> | ||
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+ | The Bencini name became associated with the company's characteristic rigid body cameras. But it made also [[folding]] cameras like the Argo [[rollfilm]] folder with Aplanatic F:10.5 lens in CMF A3 single-speed shutter. Bencini made cameras for other brands such as [[Boots]] and Trifca. | ||
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+ | A 1968 US trademark filing for the Bencini brand, lists this company information: | ||
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+ | BENCINI S.P.A. | ||
+ | VIA BONO CAIROLI, 34 | ||
+ | MILAN | ||
+ | Italy | ||
==cameras== | ==cameras== | ||
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<div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeronimogirona/452699208/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/452699208_64513462f8_t.jpg]<br>Comet S</div> | <div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeronimogirona/452699208/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/452699208_64513462f8_t.jpg]<br>Comet S</div> | ||
*[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet II]] | *[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet II]] | ||
+ | * Bencini Comet II sincro | ||
*[[Bencini Comet III]] | *[[Bencini Comet III]] | ||
+ | * Bencini Comet 3 | ||
*[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet Rapid]] | *[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet Rapid]] | ||
− | <div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/117184027/in/pool-camerawiki/ | + | <div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/117184027/in/pool-camerawiki/ https://live.staticflickr.com/111/306058379_bc8b46d172_t.jpg]<br>Relex</div> |
*[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet S]] | *[[Bencini Comet|Bencini Comet S]] | ||
*[[Bencini Comet 44]] | *[[Bencini Comet 44]] | ||
*[[Bencini Cometa]] | *[[Bencini Cometa]] | ||
*[[Bencini Relex]] | *[[Bencini Relex]] | ||
+ | * Bencini Relex II / Relex S | ||
*[[Bencini Rolet]] | *[[Bencini Rolet]] | ||
*Bencini Minicomet | *Bencini Minicomet | ||
+ | *Bencini Comet new 1963 | ||
===[[120 film]]=== | ===[[120 film]]=== | ||
<div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/135593783/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://static.flickr.com/52/135593783_be5013a2d0_t.jpg]<br>Koroll II</div> | <div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/135593783/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://static.flickr.com/52/135593783_be5013a2d0_t.jpg]<br>Koroll II</div> | ||
− | * Argo | + | * CMF Argo |
+ | * [[Etna|CMF Etna]] | ||
+ | * CMF Deko | ||
* Bencini Eno | * Bencini Eno | ||
* CMF Erno | * CMF Erno | ||
* CMF Gabro | * CMF Gabro | ||
+ | * Bencini Koroll | ||
+ | * [[Bencini Koroll|Bencini Koroll 24]] | ||
* [[Bencini Koroll|Bencini Koroll 24S]] | * [[Bencini Koroll|Bencini Koroll 24S]] | ||
* [[Bencini Koroll|Bencini Koroll II]] | * [[Bencini Koroll|Bencini Koroll II]] | ||
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|image_text= NK 135 | |image_text= NK 135 | ||
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− | * Bencini Comet Rapid (for [[Rapid | + | * Bencini Comet 35 |
+ | * Bencini Koroll 35 | ||
+ | * Bencini Korolette | ||
+ | * Bencini Comet Rapid (for [[Rapid film]]) | ||
* Bencini Comet 235 | * Bencini Comet 235 | ||
* Bencini Comet 335 | * Bencini Comet 335 | ||
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* [[Bencini Comet K 35]] | * [[Bencini Comet K 35]] | ||
* [[Bencini Comet NK 135]] | * [[Bencini Comet NK 135]] | ||
− | * Bencini Personal Reporter | + | * Bencini Comet NK 135 Automatic / NK 135 Electronic |
+ | * Bencini Comet 36 | ||
+ | * Bencini Personal 35 | ||
+ | * Bencini Personal Reporter (18x24) | ||
+ | * [[Bencini Koroll Marine]] (Underwater camera) | ||
===[[126 film]]=== | ===[[126 film]]=== | ||
− | * Boots Comet | + | * Comet Unimatic 600 / Unimatic 808 |
+ | * Comet 400 | ||
+ | * Comet 100 | ||
+ | * Comet 200 | ||
+ | * Comet 404 | ||
+ | * [[Boots Comet 126x]] | ||
* Boots 126C | * Boots 126C | ||
+ | * [[Comet 326 XL]] | ||
* [[Boots/Bencini Comet 404-X]] | * [[Boots/Bencini Comet 404-X]] | ||
* [[Comet 455-X]] | * [[Comet 455-X]] | ||
+ | * Comet 505X | ||
+ | * Comet 200X | ||
+ | * Comet 555X | ||
+ | * [[Comet Unimatic 800]] | ||
* [[Unimatic II|Boots/Bencini Unimatic II]] | * [[Unimatic II|Boots/Bencini Unimatic II]] | ||
+ | * Comet 555XL | ||
+ | * Comet 455XL | ||
+ | * Comet 226XL | ||
+ | * Comet 126XL | ||
+ | * Comet 800XL | ||
+ | * Comet 600XL | ||
+ | * Discover 1000 / Discover 2000 | ||
===110 film=== | ===110 film=== | ||
* [[Comet 110]] (for [[Boots]]?) | * [[Comet 110]] (for [[Boots]]?) | ||
* Comet 310 | * Comet 310 | ||
+ | * Comet 210 | ||
+ | * Comet 418 / Comet 318 / Comet 218 | ||
+ | * Comet 418S / Comet 318S / Comet 218S / Comet 118S | ||
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+ | ==accessories== | ||
+ | * pistol grip with cable release<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/4048570061/in/pool-camerawiki/ Bencini Universal] pistol grip with cable release</ref> | ||
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+ | ==Notes== | ||
+ | <references /> | ||
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==Link== | ==Link== | ||
− | * [ | + | *[https://www.mistermondo.com/?camera_category=bencini Bencini page] at [https://www.mistermondo.com/ Mister Mondo Italian cameras] (in Italian) |
− | * [ | + | * [https://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/699 Bencini page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site] (in French) |
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* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Bencini/ Company history and cameras] at collectiblend.com | * [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Bencini/ Company history and cameras] at collectiblend.com | ||
− | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ | + | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=81 Comet 455-X] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] (in French) |
− | *[http:// | + | *[http://bencinistory.altervista.org/intro%20modificata.html Bencini history], 7 pages (Italian) by [http://bencinistory.altervista.org/index.html Donato Consonni] |
− | *[http://www. | + | *[http://bencinistory.altervista.org/ Bencini: storia ed apparecchi dalle origini alla chiusura] in italiano by Donato Consonni |
+ | * [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/Bencini.htm Bencini page] at [http://www.topgabacho.jp/FI/ Fotocamere Italiane (Japanese)] | ||
[[Category: Bencini|*]] | [[Category: Bencini|*]] | ||
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Italy]] | [[Category: Italy]] |
Latest revision as of 04:59, 22 June 2023
Bencini was an Italian camera manufacturer between 1937 and the late 1980s.
Bencini Comet 1, c1948 image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Contents
History
Photography | supply industry | in Milano, Italia |
Bencini | Boniforti and Ballerio | Cappelli | Nuova Closter | Ferrania | Filma | Filotecnica Salmoiraghi | GGS | G.P.M. | Industria Scientifica Ottica | Koristka | Lamperti and Garbagnati | Murer & Duroni | Officine Galileo |
The company was founded with the name ICAF in 1937, in Milano, Italy by Antonio Bencini. ICAF manufactured the Roby 120 6x9 camera, the Gabry 127 4x6 camera, and the Delta 120 6x9 folding camera. Shortly before WWII, the company name was changed to CMF. During this period, the company introduced the Etna and Argo cameras but soon ceased producing cameras in order to manufacture airplane components for the war.[1] In 1946 the name became C.M.F. Bencini Later, in the early 1950s, the name was changed again to Bencini S.p.a..[2] The company continued designing and manufacturing cameras until the late 1984 when business problems led to an announcement that distribution of the company's product line would be taken over by Cafer Ltd. Cafer released a few more Bencini-branded products until shortly before Antonio Bencini's death, and then retired the Bencini and Comet brand names.[1]
The Bencini name became associated with the company's characteristic rigid body cameras. But it made also folding cameras like the Argo rollfilm folder with Aplanatic F:10.5 lens in CMF A3 single-speed shutter. Bencini made cameras for other brands such as Boots and Trifca.
A 1968 US trademark filing for the Bencini brand, lists this company information:
BENCINI S.P.A. VIA BONO CAIROLI, 34 MILAN Italy
cameras
127 film
- Bencini Akrom I - a rebadged Comet III
- Bencini Comet
- Bencini Comet II
- Bencini Comet II sincro
- Bencini Comet III
- Bencini Comet 3
- Bencini Comet Rapid
- Bencini Comet S
- Bencini Comet 44
- Bencini Cometa
- Bencini Relex
- Bencini Relex II / Relex S
- Bencini Rolet
- Bencini Minicomet
- Bencini Comet new 1963
120 film
- CMF Argo
- CMF Etna
- CMF Deko
- Bencini Eno
- CMF Erno
- CMF Gabro
- Bencini Koroll
- Bencini Koroll 24
- Bencini Koroll 24S
- Bencini Koroll II
- Bencini Koroll S
- Bencini Koroll T
35mm film
NK 135 |
- Bencini Comet 35
- Bencini Koroll 35
- Bencini Korolette
- Bencini Comet Rapid (for Rapid film)
- Bencini Comet 235
- Bencini Comet 335
- Bencini Comet 435 Electronic
- Bencini Comet 535 Minicompact
- Bencini Comet 635 Electronic Minicompact
- Bencini Comet K 35
- Bencini Comet NK 135
- Bencini Comet NK 135 Automatic / NK 135 Electronic
- Bencini Comet 36
- Bencini Personal 35
- Bencini Personal Reporter (18x24)
- Bencini Koroll Marine (Underwater camera)
126 film
- Comet Unimatic 600 / Unimatic 808
- Comet 400
- Comet 100
- Comet 200
- Comet 404
- Boots Comet 126x
- Boots 126C
- Comet 326 XL
- Boots/Bencini Comet 404-X
- Comet 455-X
- Comet 505X
- Comet 200X
- Comet 555X
- Comet Unimatic 800
- Boots/Bencini Unimatic II
- Comet 555XL
- Comet 455XL
- Comet 226XL
- Comet 126XL
- Comet 800XL
- Comet 600XL
- Discover 1000 / Discover 2000
110 film
- Comet 110 (for Boots?)
- Comet 310
- Comet 210
- Comet 418 / Comet 318 / Comet 218
- Comet 418S / Comet 318S / Comet 218S / Comet 118S
accessories
- pistol grip with cable release[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Donato Consonni: Bencini History
- ↑ Collectiblend: Bencini history
- ↑ Bencini Universal pistol grip with cable release
Link
- Bencini page at Mister Mondo Italian cameras (in Italian)
- Bencini page at Collection G. Even's site (in French)
- Company history and cameras at collectiblend.com
- Comet 455-X at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
- Bencini history, 7 pages (Italian) by Donato Consonni
- Bencini: storia ed apparecchi dalle origini alla chiusura in italiano by Donato Consonni
- Bencini page at Fotocamere Italiane (Japanese)