Derby-Lux and Derlux
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| Gallus Derby-Lux, Saphir f/3.5 lens. A French camera beauty of 1945. |
The Derby-Lux - made by Gallus of Paris, c.1945, was 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.[1] There were 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 was controlled by the large knob on the top, marked from 1/25–1/500s + B.
It is a continuation of the 1930s German Foth Derby, made after the Foth company moved to France.[2] Gallus changed the name in 1947 to the Derlux.
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 on Sylvain Halgand's
