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* [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] | *[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] | ||
| − | + | *[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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| Gallus Derby-Lux, Saphir f/3.5 lens. A French camera beauty of 1945. |
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| Back of camera, opened to show the red & green windows, depth-of-field table, and the Derby-Lux name. |
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
Bibliography
- Vial, Bernard. Histoire des appareils français. Période 1940–1960. Paris: Maeght Éditeur, 1980, re-impressed in 1991. ISBN 2-86941-156-1.
Links
- Derlux on the Tomei's site
- Derlux photos on Kevin's Cameras
- Derlux at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Gallus Derlux (Gallix) at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Gallus Derby-Lux, Restoring Gallus Derby-Lux and New shutter curtains for Gallus Derby-Lux at Classic Cameras by RaúlM.
