Bencini Comet
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German, French & Italian Cameras using 127 film | |||||
G e r m a n y |
3×4 | rigid | Dreivier | Futuro | Gewirette | Kolibri Parvola | Pupille | Ranca | Reporter | Puck | ||
folding | Baby Ikonta | Baldi | Dolly | Goldi Gucki | Ingo | Korelle | Makinette Metharette | Perkeo | Vollenda | ||||
4x4 | Navax | Paxina Electromatic | Rothlar | ||||
4x6.5 | Bella | Billy | Bob | Dolly | Goldi Gucki | Korelle | Panta | Parvola Piccolette | Rio | Ultrix | ||||
TLR | see German TLRs | ||||
F r a n c e |
3×4 | rigid | Fotobaby | Lynx | Super-Boy | ||
folding | Derby-Lux | Elax | ||||
pseudo TLR | Auteuil | Longchamp | ||||
4×4 | rigid | Impera | Marly | Pari-Fex | Rubi-Fex | Top | |||
4×6.5 | rigid | Photo-Magic | |||
I t a l y |
3x4 | Comet | Comet III | Cometa | Euralux Ibis | Maxima | Piccolo | Tanit | |||
4x4 | Comet | Euralux | Ibis | ||||
4x6.5 & other | Alfa | Delta | Relex | Rolet | Rondine |
The original Bencini Comet cameras are viewfinder cameras for either 3x4 or 4x4 cm pictures on 127 film, made in Italy by CMF Bencini from 1948 into the 1950s. They are smaller versions of the 120 film Bencini Koroll range, solidly built from metal castings with a sheet metal back. Their controls are limited to instantaneous (1/50 second) or 'B' shutter and (in most models) a focusing lens. The Comet III (discussed on its own, separate page) is an unusual vertically-shaped camera (so that it gives horizontal 3x4 cm pictures when upright).
There were various models:
Model | Format | Introduced |
Comet | 4x4cm | c.1948 |
Comet II | 3x4cm | c.1951 |
Comet S | 3x4 | c.1950 |
Comet Rapid | ||
Comet 3 (Fixed-focus) |
3x4cm | c.1953 |
Comet III focusing |
3x4cm | c.1953 |
Comet 44 | 4x4cm |
The Comet name was reused later for 126 cartridge cameras; see the 126 section of the Bencini page, and still later for 35mm cameras.
Comet II image by AWCam (Image rights) |
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Links
- Comet S and photos taken with it
- Comet III at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr (in French)
- Bencini Comet IIat Au fil des images by J.C.Boussat (in French)
- Scheda Bencini Comet at The Bencini Story By Donato Consonni (in Italian)
rotary shutter of Comet S (video) |