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* [http://kevincameras.com/gallery/album3503?page=1 Derlux photos] on [http://kevincameras.com/ Kevin's Cameras]
 
* [http://kevincameras.com/gallery/album3503?page=1 Derlux photos] on [http://kevincameras.com/ Kevin's Cameras]
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gallus/html/gallus_derlux.php Derlux] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
 
* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gallus/html/gallus_derlux.php Derlux] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/gallus/html/Gallus_derlux_gallix.php Gallus Derlux (Gallix)] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
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*[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=10940 Gallus Derlux (Gallix)] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's  www.collection-appareils.fr]
 
*[http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/gallus-derby-lux.html Gallus Derby-Lux], [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/restoring-gallus-derby-lux.html Restoring Gallus Derby-Lux] and [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-shutter-curtains-for-gallus-derby.html New shutter curtains for Gallus Derby-Lux] at [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras] by RaúlM.
 
*[http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/gallus-derby-lux.html Gallus Derby-Lux], [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/restoring-gallus-derby-lux.html Restoring Gallus Derby-Lux] and [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-shutter-curtains-for-gallus-derby.html New shutter curtains for Gallus Derby-Lux] at [http://camarasclassicas.blogspot.com/ Classic Cameras] by RaúlM.
  

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The Derby-Lux — made by Gallus of Paris, c.1945 — was a continuation of the 1930s German Foth Derby, whose production had been taken over by the Gallus company after Foth moved to France.[1] Gallus changed the name in 1947 to the Derlux.

It is a strut folding camera with body and lens panel made of polished aluminium. Most examples have a Gallix 50mm 1:3.5 three-element focusable lens, made by Gallus itself; some have the well-regarded and faster Berthiot Flor f/2.8, or the Boyer Saphir f/3.5 or f/2.8.[2] There are four windows, two red and two green, on the back for the 127 film, surrounded by a depth-of-field (profondeur de champ) table.

The speed of the focal plane shutter is controlled by the large knob on the top, marked from 1/25–1/500s + B.

Notes

  1. Vial, p.33.
  2. Flor f/2.8 and Saphir f/2.8: Vial, p.33. Saphir f/3.5: example pictured in this page.

Bibliography

  • Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.

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