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| − | Boniforti and Ballerio was a camera maker in Milan in the years after the Second World War. Carlo Boniforti began making and repairing cameras in the 1930s.<ref name=MM>[http://www.mistermondo.com/styled-44/page59/ Boniforti e Ballerio] at Dario Mondonico's [http://www.mistermondo.com/ Mistermondo.com] site: text in Italian, with pictures of the Perseo I and II, Kobell and the folding Linear.</ref> Dario mondonico refers to a 12- or 24-sheet film magazine among Boniforti's first products. | + | '''Boniforti and Ballerio''' was a camera maker in Milan in the years after the Second World War.<ref>The company name ''may'' have been '''Officina di Precisione Meccanica e Fotografica S.r.l'''; this is stated in the [http://www.topgabacho.com/Perseo.htm notes on the Perseo] at [http://www.topgabacho.com/ Fotocamere Italiane] (in Japanese), but other sources do not mention this name.</ref> Carlo Boniforti began making and repairing cameras in the 1930s.<ref name=MM>[http://www.mistermondo.com/styled-44/page59/ Boniforti e Ballerio] at Dario Mondonico's [http://www.mistermondo.com/ Mistermondo.com] site: text in Italian, with pictures of the Perseo I and II, Kobell and the folding Linear.</ref> Dario mondonico refers to a 12- or 24-sheet film magazine among Boniforti's first products. |
| − | Boniforti was joined by his partner Agostino Ballerio after the War, and they produced the [[Perseo]] Leica-copy in 1947.<ref name=MM></ref> Boniforti died the next year, and the company coninued under the ownership of his heirs, together with Ballerio. They made a second model of the Perseo in 1949, and in 1955 Ballerio made a prototype of a colour-separation version of it, though this was not manufactured in any large numbers. | + | Boniforti was joined by his partner Agostino Ballerio after the War, and they produced the [[Perseo]] Leica-copy in 1947.<ref name=MM></ref> Boniforti died the next year, and the company coninued under the ownership of his heirs, together with Ballerio. They made a second model of the Perseo in 1949, and in 1955 Ballerio made a prototype of a [[Three-color camera|colour-separation]] version of it, though this was not manufactured in any large numbers. |
In 1952 the firm made the [[Kobell]] professional medium-format rangefinder camera for 6x9 cm plates or film. This was re-worked in 1955 as a 6x8 cm camera for roll film. Dario Mondonico states that only about 400 cameras of the Kobell series were made.<ref name=MM></ref> | In 1952 the firm made the [[Kobell]] professional medium-format rangefinder camera for 6x9 cm plates or film. This was re-worked in 1955 as a 6x8 cm camera for roll film. Dario Mondonico states that only about 400 cameras of the Kobell series were made.<ref name=MM></ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:00, 31 March 2012
Boniforti and Ballerio was a camera maker in Milan in the years after the Second World War.[1] Carlo Boniforti began making and repairing cameras in the 1930s.[2] Dario mondonico refers to a 12- or 24-sheet film magazine among Boniforti's first products.
Boniforti was joined by his partner Agostino Ballerio after the War, and they produced the Perseo Leica-copy in 1947.[2] Boniforti died the next year, and the company coninued under the ownership of his heirs, together with Ballerio. They made a second model of the Perseo in 1949, and in 1955 Ballerio made a prototype of a colour-separation version of it, though this was not manufactured in any large numbers.
In 1952 the firm made the Kobell professional medium-format rangefinder camera for 6x9 cm plates or film. This was re-worked in 1955 as a 6x8 cm camera for roll film. Dario Mondonico states that only about 400 cameras of the Kobell series were made.[2]
Finally, in about 1967, Ballerio's last camera was a 9x12 cm folding-bed plate or film camera, the Linear. Again, very few examples were made.
Notes
- ↑ The company name may have been Officina di Precisione Meccanica e Fotografica S.r.l; this is stated in the notes on the Perseo at Fotocamere Italiane (in Japanese), but other sources do not mention this name.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boniforti e Ballerio at Dario Mondonico's Mistermondo.com site: text in Italian, with pictures of the Perseo I and II, Kobell and the folding Linear.
